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 Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and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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... cause. She is our relation & our mother's earliest friend. It is fitting that I should explain the reason why I do now what I ought to have done a week since, & as the cause is Mrs Lee I cannot do better than explain Mrs Lee. In fact I ...
... cause. She is our relation & our mother's earliest friend. It is fitting that I should explain the reason why I do now what I ought to have done a week since, & as the cause is Mrs Lee I cannot do better than explain Mrs Lee. In fact I ...
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... cause light to shine on the darkness which surrounds her is the fervent prayer of your AC R[obertson]4. THESE. LETTERS are among the most revealing sources we have about Robert E. Lee's troubling childhood. We have no firsthand account of ...
... cause light to shine on the darkness which surrounds her is the fervent prayer of your AC R[obertson]4. THESE. LETTERS are among the most revealing sources we have about Robert E. Lee's troubling childhood. We have no firsthand account of ...
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... cause any but kindly feelings, and the result is an anodyne narrative. At Carter's insistence he did add a number of spirited epistles from Light-Horse Harry, but many of these had arrived decades after they were written, too late to ...
... cause any but kindly feelings, and the result is an anodyne narrative. At Carter's insistence he did add a number of spirited epistles from Light-Horse Harry, but many of these had arrived decades after they were written, too late to ...
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... ' she (as an angel) must blame, still loves & pitys her unhappy child.”92 In contrition she cut off the beautiful auburn ringlets, which she said were the cause of the attraction, and kept her head close-cropped for the.
... ' she (as an angel) must blame, still loves & pitys her unhappy child.”92 In contrition she cut off the beautiful auburn ringlets, which she said were the cause of the attraction, and kept her head close-cropped for the.
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... of the new federal city across the river, and its heritage and beautiful acreage caused it to linger in the hearts of the families who called it home. Robert E. Lee, who knew it from boyhood, felt so strongly about Arlington that.
... of the new federal city across the river, and its heritage and beautiful acreage caused it to linger in the hearts of the families who called it home. Robert E. Lee, who knew it from boyhood, felt so strongly about Arlington that.
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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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