Indeed, the story of General Price -- as this account by Albert Castle shows -- is the story, in large part, of the Confederacy's struggle in the West. The author draws a fascinating portrait of Price the man -- vain, courageous, addicted to secrecy -- and produces insightful interpretations and much pertinent information about the Civil War in the West.
Albert Castel, professor of history at Western Michigan University, is author of William Clarke Quantrill: His Life and Times and A Frontier State at War: Kansas, 1861-1865. A native of Wichita, Kansas, Castel received his B.A. and M.A. degrees at Wichita University and his Ph.D. degree at the University of Chicago.