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 Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and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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... with the addition of riverboat and railway lines, stagecoaches, and contracted carriers. By 1828 Congress had established thousands of new postal routes. Service still remained chaotic, but it gradually became faster and more reliable.
... with the addition of riverboat and railway lines, stagecoaches, and contracted carriers. By 1828 Congress had established thousands of new postal routes. Service still remained chaotic, but it gradually became faster and more reliable.
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... became faster and more reliable. Most important, post riders were personally selected for their integrity, and ... became a commonplace activity, no longer the preserve of the rich, who had the education, leisure, and expensive paper to ...
... became faster and more reliable. Most important, post riders were personally selected for their integrity, and ... became a commonplace activity, no longer the preserve of the rich, who had the education, leisure, and expensive paper to ...
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... became an important outlet for him. The thousands of letters that survive in libraries and private collections reveal his need to reach out across an emerging nation to his friends and relatives. During the Civil War, when his burden ...
... became an important outlet for him. The thousands of letters that survive in libraries and private collections reveal his need to reach out across an emerging nation to his friends and relatives. During the Civil War, when his burden ...
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... became more common in the 1840s. Lee used a steel pen and black or blue ink and wrote in an elegant hand, with elongated tails and loops on the letters b, f, l, and p. He drew exaggeratedly large script for the letters c and s at the ...
... became more common in the 1840s. Lee used a steel pen and black or blue ink and wrote in an elegant hand, with elongated tails and loops on the letters b, f, l, and p. He drew exaggeratedly large script for the letters c and s at the ...
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... young man. (Contrasting his own brilliance with his parents' mediocre intellect, he quipped: “Two negatives make a positive.”) Plans were made for him to study law in London, but as tensions with England mounted, it became.
... young man. (Contrasting his own brilliance with his parents' mediocre intellect, he quipped: “Two negatives make a positive.”) Plans were made for him to study law in London, but as tensions with England mounted, it became.
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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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