Agent of Destiny: The Life and Times of General Winfield Scott

xiv, 464 pp. 8vo. From a renowned historian and son of President Dwight D. Eisenhower comes the first-ever biography of General Winfield Scott, the towering commander, a hero of the War of 1812, who was instrumental in shaping America's border and who created the modern U.S. military. 16-page photo insert.