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""A well-crafted, richly woven, and riveting study of a great soldier.""-American History ""The best recent compact study of the commander of the American Expeditionary Force of World War I.""-Booklist ""A six-star effort ...captures Pershing better than anyone has before.""-The Grand Rapids Press John J. ""Black Jack"" Pershing (1860-1948) was the only military officer in U.S. history to hold the title of general of the armies and the unmatched privilege to wear six stars on his shoulders. Gene Smith traces the full breadth of Pershing's career, from chasing Indians in the West and Pancho Villa in Mexico, to service in the Philippines, and serving as the supreme commander of American expeditionary forces in World War I to giving counsel to former aide George C. Patton during World War II. Gene Smith (Poughkeepsie, NY) is the author of the New York Times bestseller When the Cheering Stopped: The Last Years of Woodrow Wilson; American Gothic: The Story of America's Legendary Theatrical Family-Junius, Edwin, and John Wilkes Booth as well as more than a dozen other books.

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GENE SMITH is the bestselling author of When the Cheering Stopped: The Last Years of Woodrow Wilson. His other books include The Shattered Dream: Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression and, most recently, the acclaimed American Gothic: The Story of America's Legendary Theatrical Family--Junius, Edwin, and John Wilkes Booth. He writes the ""American Characters"" column in American Heritage.

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