Keneally, Thomas — American Scoundrel

Chatto & Windus 2002 1st UK edition. Imitation cloth, dj, F/F. xii+397pp, index, a fine copy. A biography of the notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles. Sickles was involved in a number of scandals, including the murder of his wife's lover. He was acquitted after using temporary insanity as a legal defense for the first time in United States history.