Best Selling Books by S. C. Gwynne

Describes the actions of both whites and Comanches during a 40-year war over territory, in a story that begins with the kidnapping of a white girl, who grew up to marry a Comanche chief and have a son, Quanah, who became a great warrior.

From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Empire of the Summer Moon and Rebel Yell comes “a masterwork of history” (Lawrence Wright, author of God Save Texas), the spellbinding, epic account of the last year of the Civil War. The fourth and final year of the Civil War offers one of the most compelling narratives and one of history’s great turning points. Now, Pulitzer Prize finalist S.C. Gwynne breathes new life into the epic battle between Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant; the advent of 180,000 black soldiers in the Union army; William Tecumseh Sherman’s March to the Sea; the rise of Clara Barton; the election of 1864 (which Lincoln nearly lost); the wild and violent guerrilla war in Missouri; and the dramatic final events of the war, including Lee’s surrender at Appomattox and the murder of Abraham Lincoln. “A must-read for Civil War enthusiasts” (Publishers Weekly), Hymns of the Republic offers many surprising angles and insights. Robert E. Lee, known as a great general and Southern hero, is presented here as a man dealing with frustration, failure, and loss. Ulysses S. Grant is known for his prowess as a field commander, but in the final year of the war he largely fails at that. His most amazing accomplishments actually began the moment he stopped fighting. William Tecumseh Sherman, Gwynne argues, was a lousy general, but probably the single most brilliant man in the war. We also meet a different Clara Barton, one of the greatest and most compelling characters, who redefined the idea of medical care in wartime. And proper attention is paid to the role played by large numbers of black union soldiers—most of them former slaves. Popular history at its best, Hymns of the Republic reveals the creation that arose from destruction in this “engrossing…riveting” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) read.

Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the epic New York Times bestselling account of how Civil War general Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson became a great and tragic national hero. Stonewall Jackson has long been a figure of legend and romance. As much as any person in the Confederate pantheon—even Robert E. Lee—he embodies the romantic Southern notion of the virtuous lost cause. Jackson is also considered, without argument, one of our country’s greatest military figures. In April 1862, however, he was merely another Confederate general in an army fighting what seemed to be a losing cause. But by June he had engineered perhaps the greatest military campaign in American history and was one of the most famous men in the Western world. Jackson’s strategic innovations shattered the conventional wisdom of how war was waged; he was so far ahead of his time that his techniques would be studied generations into the future. In his “magnificent Rebel Yell…S.C. Gwynne brings Jackson ferociously to life” (New York Newsday) in a swiftly vivid narrative that is rich with battle lore, biographical detail, and intense conflict among historical figures. Gwynne delves deep into Jackson’s private life and traces Jackson’s brilliant twenty-four-month career in the Civil War, the period that encompasses his rise from obscurity to fame and legend; his stunning effect on the course of the war itself; and his tragic death, which caused both North and South to grieve the loss of a remarkable American hero.

"New York Times bestselling, award-winning historian S.C. Gwynne tells the incredible story of how Hal Mumme and Mike Leach--two unknown coaches who revolutionized American football in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s--changed the way the game is played at every level, from high school to the NFL"--

The 1991 collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) was one of the biggest financial scandals of all time. Based upon an 18-month-long series of articles in Time magazine, this text describes the international corruption that allowed this criminal enterprise to flourish for two decades with effective immunity from the law. The.

Quizá al lector le sea más familiar el nombre de los apaches o el de los sioux, pero la gran tribu guerrera india, la última que resistió al hombre blanco, fue la de los comanches. Extraordinarios jinetes, enemigos terribles y de impresionante capacidad estratégica, los comanches fueron los últimos en vender sus tierras, los últimos en aceptar la vida en las reservas, los últimos en defender un país que moría con ellos. Este libro, una obra maestra de la narración histórica y épica, relata dos historias paralelas: la de una tribu que simbolizó la cultura autóctona americana; y la de su último jefe, Quanah Parker, hijo de un comanche y una prisionera blanca, el hombre que, al mando de solo tres mil comanches en su última época, plantó cara a todo el ejército estadounidense. Como telón de fondo, la guerra de Secesión y cuatro décadas de intensa historia, bajo el ataque de los colonos que trataban de conquistar Tejas, los españoles que llegaban desde México y los franceses que presionaban desde Luisiana. “Un libro que te deja polvo y sangre en los vaqueros” The New York Times Finalista del Premio Pulitzer 2011 y del National Books Critic Circle Award S. C. Gwynne es periodista, licenciado en historia por la universidad de Princeton y máster en literatura por la Johns Hopkins. Entre 1988 y 2000 fue redactor y editor de la revista Time, y más tarde editor ejecutivo en Texas Monthly. También ha escrito para The New York Times y la revista Harper’s. Actuamente vive en Austin (Tejas) y sus crónicas pueden leerse en el diario Dallas Morning.