Roy Morris, Jr.

Author of Fraud of the Century: Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, and the Stolen Election of 1876

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About the Author

Roy Morris, Jr. is the editor of Military Heritage magazine and the author of five books on the Civil War and post-Civil War eras, including Lighting Out for the Territory: How Samuel Clemens Headed West and Became Mark Twain and The Better Angel: Walt Whitman in the Civil War.

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Works by Roy Morris, Jr.

The Better Angel: Walt Whitman in the Civil War (2000) 145 copies, 2 reviews

Sheridan: The Life And Wars Of General Phil Sheridan (1992) — Author — 119 copies, 2 reviews

The Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen Douglas for the Heart and Soul of America (2008) 118 copies, 1 review

Lighting Out for the Territory (2010) 105 copies, 1 review

Ambrose Bierce: Alone in Bad Company (1996) 82 copies, 5 reviews

Declaring His Genius: Oscar Wilde in North America (2013) 45 copies, 1 review

American Vandal: Mark Twain Abroad (2015) 23 copies

Gertrude Stein Has Arrived: The Homecoming of a Literary Legend (2019) 19 copies, 2 reviews

America's Civil War January 1993 1 copy

America's Civil War Magazine (March 1989) (Black Hats Brigade, Southern Coastal Raider, Bloody Fredericksburg) (1989) 1 copy

America's Civil War January 1992 1 copy

America's Civil War January 1995 1 copy

America's Civil War March 1993 1 copy

America's Civil War March 1992 1 copy

America's Civil War November 1992 1 copy

America's Civil War September 1992 1 copy

America's Civil War July 1992 1 copy

America's Civil War November 1991 1 copy

America's Civil War July 1993 1 copy

Daughter of the Jaguar: The Treasure of Sierra Madre Del Sur (2013) 1 copy

America's Civil War September, 1996 (1996) 1 copy

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Associated Works

MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 2020 (2020) — Author "Monument Man" — 1 copy

MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2021 (2021) — Author "Before Eternity" — 1 copy

MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2020 (2020) — Author 'Ernie Was One of Us' — 1 copy

MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 2021 (2021) — Author "Race to the Rhine" — 1 copy

MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2022 (2021) — Author "World War II's Can-Do City" — 1 copy

MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2018 (2018) — Author "Night of the Long Knives" — 1 copy

MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2019 (2018) — Author "Dunkirk and the Dunes" — 1 copy

MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2019 (2019) — Author "The Darkest Week" — 1 copy

MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2020 (2019) — Author "Stephen Crane at the Front" — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Morris, Roy, Jr.
Birthdate: 1950-03-21
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Occupations: editor
Organizations: Military Heritage

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Ambrose Bierce: Alone in Bad Company by Roy Morris Jr.

Interesting biography about a very cynical man, but very creative too. His Civil War experiences gave him a fascination with death.
We may never know what happened to him at the end. He probably did not end up in Mexico, according to the author.

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kslade | 4 other reviews | Dec 8, 2022 |

Ambrose Bierce: Alone in Bad Company by Roy Morris Jr.

This is an exceptional biography of one of the most interesting authors of the nineteenth century. His lives as journalist and fiction author were both succesful and rewarding to a point. Some of his short stories are classics of the form and he inspired subsequent authors who created great tales as well. It is unfortunate that many know him only for his "Devil's Dictionary" or his sudden disappearance at the end of his life.

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jwhenderson | 4 other reviews | Jun 14, 2022 |

The Better Angel: Walt Whitman in the Civil War by Roy Morris

Morris has created a thrilling narrative and compelling portrait of one of the greatest of American poets. Focusing on Whitman's time spent as nurse and chronicler of the Civil War the work presents a particularly thorough and informative account of his activities during that period. Overall it is a balanced and insightful portrait of a complex man discovering himself and his poetry through the injured sons of the nation he loved.

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jwhenderson | 1 other review | Feb 9, 2022 |

Gertrude Stein Has Arrived: The Homecoming of a… by Roy Morris Jr.

Gertrude Stein lived and wrote during the first half of the twentieth century - a fascinating period - and I've long wanted to read more about her life and perhaps even her writing (through I suspect I'd be among the many who simply don't understand it). This book covers her entire life, although the focus is on her 1930s literary tour of the United States. It makes for a fascinating read, as Gertrude Stein manages to encounter so many important and interesting people, while also enjoying her own taste of fame. I loved the characterization of her relationship with Alice Toklas and the way the couple managed to both be together and also not explain their relationship in an less accepting era. Overall, this book left me wanting to learn more about Gertrude Stein and I would recommend it to anyone interested in this time period.… (more)

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