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 Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and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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... Northern Neck to find that his father was also speaking out in favor of “preserving our libertys if necessary at the Expense of our Blood.”4 He was seen to be a promising, if somewhat arrogant young man. (Contrasting his own brilliance ...
... Northern Neck to find that his father was also speaking out in favor of “preserving our libertys if necessary at the Expense of our Blood.”4 He was seen to be a promising, if somewhat arrogant young man. (Contrasting his own brilliance ...
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... Northern Neck of Virginia. He was twenty-six years old, a genuine war hero, now with the rank of lieutenant colonel. During the Yorktown campaign he had been posted in the neighborhood, and he seems to have reached an understanding with ...
... Northern Neck of Virginia. He was twenty-six years old, a genuine war hero, now with the rank of lieutenant colonel. During the Yorktown campaign he had been posted in the neighborhood, and he seems to have reached an understanding with ...
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... Northern Neck. In the formative years of the republic these methods were in a transitional stage, moving from the eighteenthcentury informality of gentlemen's agreements to more impersonal, rigid, and self-interested structures. The old ...
... Northern Neck. In the formative years of the republic these methods were in a transitional stage, moving from the eighteenthcentury informality of gentlemen's agreements to more impersonal, rigid, and self-interested structures. The old ...
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... northern Virginia. Those who encountered him around this time, at Kinloch, Eastern View, Ravensworth, and Arlington, remembered Robert Lee as “bright, animated and charming.” Lee had inherited his mother's dark curls and rich coloring ...
... northern Virginia. Those who encountered him around this time, at Kinloch, Eastern View, Ravensworth, and Arlington, remembered Robert Lee as “bright, animated and charming.” Lee had inherited his mother's dark curls and rich coloring ...
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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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