General James Longstreet A Family Portrait

Clark Thornton is the 2d-great grandson of General James Longstreet. Although born in Virginia, he grew up in the suburbs of Atlanta, Ga., during the sixties and entered the United States Marine Corps in 1969. In 1970 he accepted a Mustang commission as a second lieutenant and served three tours at Guantanamo in Cuba. Upon the completion of his military service, he earned a black sash in Wing Chun Kung Fu and opened "The Great Lion Company" to manufacture special martial arts equipment. He developed an interest in Civil War history and began his study and research into the life and times of General James Longstreet. His studied interest in General Longstreet stems from the fact that he is a 2nd g-grandson of that illustrious commander. In 1998 he published a short genealogy, Pilgrims, Pioneers, Patriots and People of Quality: The Pedigree of General James Longstreet. His latest book. General James Longstreet: A Family Portrait is an updated version of that genealogy, He is also the author of A Genealogy of the Family of Longstreet and Related Lines Completed, an unfinished genealogy of the Southern line of the Longstreet family written by Edward Mayes which has remained incomplete until now.