A Definitive Biography of Civil War General Oliver Otis Howard

TROY, N.Y. - May 1, 2013 - PRLog -- New Shelves Distribution is proud to announce that Arthur McAllister Publishers has just released The Good Man: The Civil War’s “Christian General” and His Fight for Racial Equality (ISBN:  9781935496069, $16.95) by Gordon L. Weil.

Oliver Otis Howard was a graduate of Bowdoin College and West Point. He was a Civil War general, and a top commander under W.T. Sherman, and he underwent a religious conversion to become “the Christian General.” Howard received the Medal of Honor after losing his arm in battle and received a special congressional commendation for his selection of the Gettysburg battlefield.

General Howard headed the Freedmen’s Bureau and led post-Civil War Reconstruction, placing him in direct conflict with President Andrew Johnson.  W.E.B. DuBois perhaps stated it best: “The most fortunate thing that Lincoln gave the [Freedmen’s] Bureau was its head, Oliver Howard.  Howard ... was a good man. He was sympathetic and humane, and tried with endless application and desperate sacrifice to do a hard, thankless duty.”  He also helped found African-American universities including Howard University in Washington, DC, which bears his name.

Gordon L. Weil has written or edited sixteen books, including the story of Sears Roebuck. A Bowdoin College graduate, he received a Ph.D. from Columbia, an honorary doctorate from Niagara University and was a Phi Beta Kappa senator. He served as an international, U.S. Senate, and Maine official, as well as an energy consultant. He has written for several national publications and is a newspaper columnist.

To arrange an interview with the author, or to request a review copy, contact Nicole Riley at New Shelves Distribution – nicole@newshelves.com, (518) 261-1300.

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