Touched With Fire
Mr. Perry talked about his book, Touched With Fire: Five Presidents and the Civil War Battles That Made Them, published by PublicAffairs. T… read more
Mr. Perry talked about his book, Touched With Fire: Five Presidents and the Civil War Battles That Made Them, published by PublicAffairs. The author discussed presidents Grant, Hayes, Garfield, McKinley, and Harrison, focusing on the role they each played in the Civil War and how their involvement in the war led to the presidency. close
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