Pre-Owned Courage and Country: James Shields: More Than Irish Luck (Paperback) 1410788954 9781410788955

Courage and Country is a psycho-biographical study of General James Shields, and his times, written by psychiatrist-journalist Dr. Sean Callan, after five years of in depth research in Ireland and America.? Shields, an off-the-boat Irishman, was elected U.S. Senator from three different states, was the only commander to defeat Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson in open combat, was a State Supreme Court Justice who advanced women's rights, was described as "a knight-errant who lived too late," was one of the few nineteenth century national figures accepted equally on both sides of the Mason-Dixon divide, and was a man who crossed swords figuratively and almost literally with Abraham Lincoln, the US President. Courage and Country, depicting American history from a different perspective, includes a reinterpretation of the psychological motivations underlying the swords-in-hand face off between Shields and Lincoln on the banks of the mighty Mississippi River in 1842.? The inescapable conclusion is that the near duel resulted more from passion over a woman than politics.? Shields proved time and again that persistence pays off.? His amazing achievements did not spring merely from luck; they resulted from dogged determination and time-tested techniques that still apply today.? How Shields succeeded is spelled out in this riveting account of life, politics, intensity and inspiration on the American frontier.