LINCOLN'S SCAPEGOAT GENERAL:
A Life of Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893

By Richard S. West, Jr.

 Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company/The Riverside Press, 1965.

First edition, first printing.

 "First printing" statement to the copyright page, and 1965 date printed to the title page.

Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and six maps.

A fascinating biography and analytical study of the complex and controversial man who was Chairman of the House Committee on Reconstruction in the 1870s, an astute businessman, a clever politician, a leader, a military governor, used by Lincoln, and considered to be both a bully and timid, both for and against Black civil rights, and more.

A high-quality, first edition with a sturdy binding, thick-stock paper, and fine type.

A hint of fading to the lower spine end, else very nearly fine in blue linen with gilt embossed titles and borders to a deep-blue panel to the front cover and to the spine, blue-and-yellow headband and tail-band; in a very good plus dust jacket with a short tear to the upper front panel edge, tiny chips to the upper spine edge, rubbing to the spine panel, and slight rubbing to the front panel; original $7.50 printed price still intact to the front inner flap.

Octavo; 462 pages; bibliographical notes; index.

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