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2627 The Pattons: A Personal History of an American Family, by Robert H. Patton (read 16 Jul 1994) This is a 1994 book by General Patton's grandson and it tells about the Patton family. Not profound, but extremely readable. George S. Patton, Jr., was born Nov. 11, 1885, at Lake Vinyard, California, and died Dec. 22,1945, at a hospital in Germany. He is buried at Hamm, Luxemburg. He was a figure larger than life, really crazy in ways, but very self-centered. This book is personal, and spends very little time on military analysis, etc. It is genealogically aware and really fascinating. But it can scarcely be viewed as a real biography. But great reading. [I read a real biography of Patton (by Carlo D'Este) on 6 July 2003.] ( )