I'll stop there. There's plenty more in the book, if you're interested. You can download the whole thing for free from the Internet Archive, just follow any of the links in the thread above.

Are Perley's stories, you know, accurate? My limited research indicates the answer is "mostly." The things he talks about generally do seem to have happened, though often details are disputed.

But it's a fun read (the first volume, anyway–the second one is a bit of a slog), and will introduce you to a whole cast of characters from the early Republic you likely have never heard of before. So I recommend it.