George Crook

the long version

"Renowned for his prominent role in the Apache and Sioux wars, General George Crook ... was considered by William Tecumseh Sherman to be his greatest Indian-fighting general ... Paul Magid ... focuses on Crook's early years through the end of the Civil War. It offers insight into the influences that later would make him both a nemesis of the Indian tribes and their ardent advocate ... This is primarily an account of Crook's dramatic and sometimes controversial role in the Civil War, in which he was involved on three fronts in West Virginia, Tennessee, and Virginia"--Jacket.