Get Hold Of In The Lion's Mouth: Hood's Tragic Retreat From Nashville, 1864 Engineered By Derek Smith Accessible As Pamphlet

book is a wellbalanced, scholarly treatment of Confederate General John B, Hood's Tennessee campaign. In The Lion's Mouth is different from other accounts by concentrating more on the retreat following Hood's defeat at Nashville, and the Federal pursuit of his army.
Smith obviously admires Forrest and Thomas, and while sympathetic to Hood, doesn't spare him criticism, It's a good read, but not the best I've read on the campaign, Spellbinding account of the Confederates' retreat after their crushing defeat at the Battle of Nashville in DecemberTheday,mile retreat took place during one of the worst winters on record with Union forces in hot pursuit Features notable commanders such as Nathan Bedford Forrest and John Bell Hood Colorfully written, with a focus on the human element in this military catastrophe Great book!

A serious study on the bravery of the army of Tennessee during its retreat through war torn Tennessee after the horror of the battle of Nashville.
Recommended for any serious student of the war in the western theater, This is an excellent overview of Hood's retreat from Nashville, but I would like to have seen more maps in the book.
Thankfully, I read this on a digital device with a second monitor that I used to search terms, geographic locations, maps, names of parties involved, etc.
Few books cover the aftermath of a battle but Nashville is worthy of the treatment, The account here is readable and fair but hurt only by a puzzling lack of maps, Derek Smith is a journalist and the author of several Civil War books, including The Gallant Dead and In the Lions Mouth.
A native of Bishopville, South Carolina, he lives in Williamsville, New York, Librarian Note: There is than one author in the Goodreads database with this name,

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