[1] Ashby's book was well-received in the popular press.
The Chattanooga News published a positive review, while The Daily Arkansas Gazette praised Ashby's prose.
[4][5] The Des Moines Register described the biography as being "sympathetically and carefully written.
"[6] A review published in The Baltimore Sun positively described Ashby's research and prose.
[7] Positive reviews were also published in The Boston Globe, The Journal and Tribune, and the Omaha World-Herald.