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NATHAN BEDFORD
FORREST
His critics have called him everything from a violent backwoodsman, illiterate redneck, and cruel slaver, to a crooked politician, unfaithful husband, and simple-minded hillbilly. Traditional Southerners, like unreconstructed Southern historian and award-winning Tennessee author Lochlainn Seabrook, know that Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest was none of these things. In fact Forrest was quite the opposite. Far from being an inhumane slave owner and trader, Forrest granted most of his servants their freedom even before Lincoln’s War. Others he enlisted in his own command (half of dozen who served as his personal guards), then emancipated them in the fall of 1863 - the same year Lincoln issued his “military measure,” the fake and illegal Emancipation Proclamation (which freed no slaves). Forrest never separated servant families, refused to sell to cruel slavers, and was even responsible for reuniting several divided black families. Unlike Lincoln - who throughout his life repeatedly blocked black civil rights and aggressively campaigned for American apartheid and the deportation of all blacks out of the U.S. - after the War Forrest happily hired back his original servants with full civil rights, then called for the South to repopulate herself with new African immigrants. Neither the founder or leader of the KKK as pro-North and New South historians disingenuously teach, Forrest closed the anti-Yankee organization down when it began to take on racist overtones. These and many other fascinating facts are presented clearly and concisely by Seabrook, a cousin of the General, in his tourist-friendly book Nathan Bedford Forrest, a brief but rousing defense of the Wizard of the Saddle, one of the greatest, most inspiring, beloved, romantic, complex, and intriguing figures in American history. Written for the general market, Nathan Bedford Forrest is one of our top sellers. Lavishly illustrated and formatted in an easy-to-read style, at 114 pages this short inexpensive book is perfect for Civil War museum shops, historic homes, or any tourist hot spot. Makes a great gift as well. The book includes a bibliography and an index. Lochlainn Seabrook is the 2011 winner of the prestigious Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal, awarded by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Foreword is by bestselling author James Ronald Kennedy (“The South Was Right!”). NOTE: Nathan Bedford Forrest is based on Mr. Seabrook’s scholarly, 822-page, heavily footnoted, award-winning bestseller, A Rebel Born: A Defense of Nathan Bedford Forrest. As such, though rigorously documented, footnotes have been eliminated to make for easier reading. BOOK REVIEW by Ann Rives Zappa, from Confederate Veteran Magazine, November/December 2010, pp. 25, 46. "Lochlainn Seabrook is a cousin of Nathan Bedford Forrest and author of A Rebel Born: A Defense of Nathan Bedford Forrest. The slender volume being reviewed is a companion piece to this much longer work, and the four parts each summarize and defend principles espoused by Forrest. "Forrest Antebellum covers his beginnings, adulthood, and rapid financial success in business. "Forrest and Lincoln's War deals with his service to the Confederacy and his stance on freeing his slaves long before Lincoln took any action. "Forrest Postbellum describes his life under Reconstruction, the rise and success of the KKK, and his last days. "Forrest in Brief portrays him as a Rebel hero, archetypal military man, and born-again Christian. "Author Seabrook has included several interesting photographs and an extensive bibliography. For Southern readers who have not read Seabrook's definitive biography of Forrest, A Rebel Born, this small book will provide all the facts one needs to know about a revered Confederate hero." [end of review]
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