Background
Taylor, John Maxwell was born on May 3, 1930 in West Point, New York, United States. Son of Maxwell Davenport and Lydia (Happer) Taylor.
(A collection of articles which concentrates on the events...)
A collection of articles which concentrates on the events that occurred away from the battlefield during the American Civil War. Articles range from an account of how Ulysses S. Grant was held personally responsible for years for a truckload of stolen money, to the story of how Abraham Lincoln hired a substitute to serve in the Union Army on his behalf.
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( From Kirkus Reviews: A friendly yet not uncritical biog...)
From Kirkus Reviews: A friendly yet not uncritical biography of the secretary of state in the Lincoln and Andrew Johnson Cabinets. Taylor--who chronicled his father's life in General Maxwell Taylor (1987)- -offers neither much original scholarship nor a fresh approach, but writes smoothly and with balance. Why did Seward, front-runner for the 1860 GOP presidential nomination, lose his party's nod to the relatively unknown Lincoln, and why has he been so completely eclipsed by him since? Taylor depicts a politico whose manifold talents were often undermined by his own ambiguity (even Seward admitted that he "found myself an enigma to myself'). Intellectual, shrewd, diligent, convivial, and even charitable toward enemies, Seward was also willing to trim his sails in pursuit of political objectives. Linking up with Albany political boss Thurlow Weed, he worked ably for liberal causes as New York's governor and, later, in the Senate, where he became leader of the antislavery faction. Losing his bid for the Presidency because of his alliance with Weed and his statements about a "higher law' and "irrepressible conflict' with the South, Seward later undercut his political base still further by meddling with other Cabinet members' business and clashing with Radical Republicans during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Taylor does not fully explain why Seward muted his opposition to slavery during the secession crisis in the hope of reconciling the South, and fails to criticize Seward's mistakes adequately (e.g., saber-rattling gestures toward England and France that Lincoln rightly rejected). Yet Taylor correctly praises him for keeping the South in diplomatic isolation, bucking up the melancholy Lincoln's spirits, and having the vision to push through the initially scorned Alaska purchase ("Seward's Icebox'). An orthodox but sensible treatment of a dedicated politician-statesman who was sometimes too clever and complex for his own good.
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(Raphael Semmes was the Confederacy's most famous naval of...)
Raphael Semmes was the Confederacy's most famous naval officer. Many of his Northern contemporaries, however, considered the Yankee-hating Semmes nothing more than a pirate. In either guise, Semmes commanded the most successful sea raider of all time. During a two-year cruise, his Alabama took nearly 100 Federal merchant vessels out of the war and became a household word on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line. Her final battle, off the coast of France against the USS Kearsarge, was an epic clash befitting the last one-on-one duel of wooden ships. A commander who carried out his mission without being able to call in a Southern port and whose crew had no allegiance to the Confederacy, Semmes is a compelling figure in American military history. John M. Taylor is the author of "William Henry Seward: Lincoln's Right Hand" and "General Maxwell Taylor: The Sword and the Pen".
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(The author is Taylor's son, but what he may lack in objec...)
The author is Taylor's son, but what he may lack in objectivity does not affect the thoroughness of his research or the excellence of his writing. A superior piece of contemporary biography--IBooklist
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Taylor, John Maxwell was born on May 3, 1930 in West Point, New York, United States. Son of Maxwell Davenport and Lydia (Happer) Taylor.
Bachelor, Williams College, 1952; Master of Arts, George Washington University, 1954.
Intelligence officer, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, 1952-1964; political officer, State Department, Washington, Singapore, Burma, 1964-1970; senior loan officer, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Washington, 1970-1979; branch chief, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, 1980-1987.
(The author is Taylor's son, but what he may lack in objec...)
( From Kirkus Reviews: A friendly yet not uncritical biog...)
( From Kirkus Reviews: A friendly yet not uncritical biog...)
(A collection of articles which concentrates on the events...)
(General Maxwell Taylor: The Sword And The Pen, by Taylor,...)
(Raphael Semmes was the Confederacy's most famous naval of...)
(Raphael Semmes was the Confederacy's most famous naval of...)
(Noticeable wear to cover and pages. May have some marking...)
(Book by John M. Taylor)
Fellow The Manuscript Society (president 1980-1982).
Married Priscilla Mary Sheppard, July 6, 1957. Children: Alice Taylor McVeigh, Katharine Taylor Shaibani, James Sheppard.