Henry Martyn Robert

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Henry Martyn Robert is written by Leonard Young and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1884048579 (ISBN 10) and 9781884048579 (ISBN 13).

General Henry Martyn Robert is best known as the author of Robert's Rules of Order. But he was much more than a parliamentarian. As a West Point graduate and a military engineer his career spanned the time from the American Civil War to just after World War I. He was an engineer, social activist, religious leader and much more. This biography tells the untold story of this unsung hero of American History. General Robert's contribution to America included serving in the "Pig War" in the San Juan Islands in the Washington Territory through his Civil War service in the Union Army to the development of the Galveston, Texas Seawall and many, many other engineering projects that helped to develop the infrastructure of America. He is best known as the author of his famous book of rules of order. The reader will find in this man, greatness and humility touched with a desire to be a real servant of his nation and the world.