Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private LettersPenguin, 3 мая 2007 г. - Всего страниц: 688 “Pryor’s biography helps part with a lot of stupid out there about Lee – chiefly, that he was, somehow, ‘anti-slavery.’” – Ta-Nehisi Coates, theatlantic.com An “unorthodox, critical, and engaging biography” (Boston Globe) – Winner of The Lincoln Prize Robert E. Lee is remembered by history as a tragic figure, stoic and brave but distant and enigmatic. Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and contradictory general's life story. Explained for the first time in the context of the young United States's tumultuous societal developments, Lee's actions reveal a man forced to play a leading role in the formation of the nation at the cost of his private happiness. |
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... Carter, and must have tried to match his scanty memories with the author of the effusive correspondence.27 The woman Robert married, Mary Anna Randolph Custis, was a granddaughter of Martha Washington, and a virtual guardian of the ...
... Carter, and must have tried to match his scanty memories with the author of the effusive correspondence.27 The woman Robert married, Mary Anna Randolph Custis, was a granddaughter of Martha Washington, and a virtual guardian of the ...
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... Carter. He was handsome, of splendid talents, & Governor of the State. Mrs Carter (then Miss Farley) & Mrs Lee (then Miss Carter) were living together during the General's suit to Miss F —As desperately as was General Lee in love with ...
... Carter. He was handsome, of splendid talents, & Governor of the State. Mrs Carter (then Miss Farley) & Mrs Lee (then Miss Carter) were living together during the General's suit to Miss F —As desperately as was General Lee in love with ...
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... Carter Lee (whom you recollect in college) had proved himself a fine fellow, her eldest daughter Ann was attacked with a dreadful complaint in the hand &, after a year's residence in Philadelphia for the sake of medical assistance ...
... Carter Lee (whom you recollect in college) had proved himself a fine fellow, her eldest daughter Ann was attacked with a dreadful complaint in the hand &, after a year's residence in Philadelphia for the sake of medical assistance ...
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... Carter would become smitten, and exclaim at the prospect of such a catch. Yet something underlying Henry Lee's notes to Hamilton and Washington smacks of desperation, or at best a lack of discrimination in his courting. If Storrow is ...
... Carter would become smitten, and exclaim at the prospect of such a catch. Yet something underlying Henry Lee's notes to Hamilton and Washington smacks of desperation, or at best a lack of discrimination in his courting. If Storrow is ...
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... Carter, Lee impatiently confided to Hamilton: “I mean now to become a farmer & get a wife as soon as possible.”28 Evidently the most available option was nineteen-year-old Miss Carter. Perhaps sensing ambivalence, Ann's generous and ...
... Carter, Lee impatiently confided to Hamilton: “I mean now to become a farmer & get a wife as soon as possible.”28 Evidently the most available option was nineteen-year-old Miss Carter. Perhaps sensing ambivalence, Ann's generous and ...
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Seven Arias | |
Pioneers | |
Odyssey | |
Theory Meets Reality | |
Upon a Fearful Summons | |
Field of Honor | |
A GeneralIs a Rare Product | |
ApogeePerigee | |
Overwhelmed | |
The Political Animal | |
The Family Circle | |
Humanity and the | |
Adrenaline | |
Crenellations | |
BlackEyed Fancies | |
The Headache | |
Mutable Shield | |
Ragged Individualists 399 | |
A Leap in the Dark | |
Blurred Vision | |
If Vanquished I Am Still Victorious | |
Acknowledgments | |
Selected Bibliography | |
Index | |
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