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 Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and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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... Custis, whose home was the backdrop for this occasion. It is to his wife, Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis, and her daughter that Ralph Gurley wrote his evocative letter. Although no one in 1825 could have predicted that one day the estate ...
... Custis, whose home was the backdrop for this occasion. It is to his wife, Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis, and her daughter that Ralph Gurley wrote his evocative letter. Although no one in 1825 could have predicted that one day the estate ...
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... Custis accompanied him on many of his official activities, and it was entirely appropriate that he do so. Custis had been raised at Mount Vernon, knew Washington intimately, and was a veritable memory bank of facts about him. His ...
... Custis accompanied him on many of his official activities, and it was entirely appropriate that he do so. Custis had been raised at Mount Vernon, knew Washington intimately, and was a veritable memory bank of facts about him. His ...
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... Custis engaged an architect—probably George Hadfield, one of the early designers of the Capitol building —who used the Grecian elements just coming into vogue to plan a mansion that mirrored the imposing public buildings being ...
... Custis engaged an architect—probably George Hadfield, one of the early designers of the Capitol building —who used the Grecian elements just coming into vogue to plan a mansion that mirrored the imposing public buildings being ...
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... Custis crowded the Mount Vernon memorabilia into the small space and then moved in another precious occupant: his new wife. Custis had known Mary Lee Fitzhugh from childhood, and when they married in July 1804, they were already linked ...
... Custis crowded the Mount Vernon memorabilia into the small space and then moved in another precious occupant: his new wife. Custis had known Mary Lee Fitzhugh from childhood, and when they married in July 1804, they were already linked ...
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A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters Elizabeth Brown Pryor. Custis-Fitzhugh wedding is thought to have taken place at 607 Oronoco Street, the home Fitzhugh later lent to the Lees.20 Custis's choice of Molly Fitzhugh as ...
A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters Elizabeth Brown Pryor. Custis-Fitzhugh wedding is thought to have taken place at 607 Oronoco Street, the home Fitzhugh later lent to the Lees.20 Custis's choice of Molly Fitzhugh as ...
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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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