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{{Short description|1914 book by Thomas Ashby}}
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[[File:Engraving of Turner Ashby.jpg|thumb|Illustration of Turner Ashby from the book's frontispiece]]
'''''Life of Turner Ashby''''' is a 1914 non-fiction book by [[Thomas Ashby (doctor)|Thomas Ashby]] about Confederate [[general]] [[Turner Ashby]], who was killed in the [[Battle of Good's Farm]].
== Overview ==
Thomas Ashby was a relative of Turner Ashby and wrote extremely positively of him in the book.<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":0" /> The book took Ashby several years to research and write.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1915-01-08 |title=Life of Turner Ashby |pages=14 |work=Los Angeles Evening Express |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-express-life-of-turn/126345629/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
=== Publication history ===
''Life of Turner Ashby'' was published in 1914 by the [[Neale Publishing Company]]. The initial publication was 275 pages long.<ref name=":22">{{Cite book |last=Krick |first=Robert T. |title=Neale Books: An Annotated Bibliography |publisher=Morningside Press |year=1977 |isbn= |page=4}}</ref>
== Reception ==
Ashby's book was well-received in the popular press. ''The Chattanooga News'' published a positive review'','' while ''The Daily Arkansas Gazette'' praised Ashby's prose.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Frances Fort |date=1915-01-30 |title=Reviews of Late Books |pages=5 |work=The Chattanooga News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-chattanooga-news-reviews-of-late-boo/126345707/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Wright |first=T.A. |date=1915-03-03 |title=Life of a Gallant Confederate |pages=6 |work=Daily Arkansas Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arkansas-gazette-life-of-a-gallant/126345651/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> ''[[The Des Moines Register]]'' described the biography as being "sympathetically and carefully written."<ref>{{Cite news |date=1915-02-06 |title=Miscellaneous Books |pages=6 |work=The Des Moines Register |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register-miscellaneous-bo/126345687/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> A review published in ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'' positively described Ashby's research and prose.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1915-04-03 |title=One of the New Books |pages=8 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-one-of-the-new-books/126345611/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Positive reviews were also published in ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', ''The Journal and Tribune'', and the ''[[Omaha World-Herald]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1914-07-04 |title=Southerner on Civil War |pages=3 |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-southerner-on-civil-war/126345573/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1915-08-22 |title=Life of Turner Ashby |pages=26 |work=The Journal and Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-and-tribune-life-of-turner-a/126345561/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1915-02-28 |title=Among the new Books & Magazines |pages=45 |work=[[Omaha World-Herald]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/omaha-world-herald-among-the-new-books/126345542/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Confederate organizations similarly praised the book, with ''[[Confederate Veteran]]'' publishing a positive review.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=M'Neilly |first=James H. |date=1915 |title=Some New Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HUEOAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22life+of+turner+ashby%22&pg=PA187 |journal=Confederate Veteran |volume=23 |pages=187}}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [[iarchive:lifeofturnerashb00ashb|''Life of Turner Ashby'']] at the [[Internet Archive]]
[[Category:1914 books]]
[[Category:History books about the American Civil War]]
[[Category:Neale Publishing Company books]]