Maverick Marine

A sympathetic portrait of a Victorian officer-warrior who lost his way as he advanced in rank and his America and his Marine Corps changed after World War I.

~Journal of American History

This long-awaited biography is as crisp as a David Brinkley commentary. Fact-packed and exquisitely documented.

~Naval Institute Proceedings

As pure biography, Maverick Marine is a colorful story about a swashbuckling establishment-shaker. Schmidt's book is particularly valuable, however, for the insights it provides into Yankee imperialism and its racist undertones.

~Publishers Weekly