2707 The General's General: The Life and Times of Arthur MacArthur, by Kenneth Ray Young (read 14 Feb 1995) The subject is Douglas MacArthur's father. He was born in Chicopee, Mass. June 2, 1845 and died dramatically while giving a speech in Milwaukee on Sept 5, 1912. He lied about his age to get into the Civil War, and had a heroic career in that war. He stayed in the Army and became a general in the Philippines in the early 1900's. This book is not well-written, and its documentation is sporadic--sometimes going to primary sources and at other times content with a single secondary source. All in all, this was a good book to read. MacArthur was a sixth cousin once removed of both FDR and Winston Churchill. ( )