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 Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and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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... dear contents, a fount of tears to ease the burden of my lonely heart.”26 No wonder they were carefully laid away in trunks or kept in packets tied with ribbons. This was tangible nostalgia. The Lees were particularly sensitive to the ...
... dear contents, a fount of tears to ease the burden of my lonely heart.”26 No wonder they were carefully laid away in trunks or kept in packets tied with ribbons. This was tangible nostalgia. The Lees were particularly sensitive to the ...
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... dear Cousin M.,” noted Markie. “At all hours of the day may she be seen, coming in or sitting down with her arms or lap full of moth eaten letters, some of wh[ich] by date are one hundred & fifty years old.” Cousin M. also dispensed ...
... dear Cousin M.,” noted Markie. “At all hours of the day may she be seen, coming in or sitting down with her arms or lap full of moth eaten letters, some of wh[ich] by date are one hundred & fifty years old.” Cousin M. also dispensed ...
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... dear friends whom fate has probably forever severed me from—” To a woman who held that the society of dear friends was “one of the greatest gratifications allowed us in this life,” the undeserved ostracism cut her heart with an ...
... dear friends whom fate has probably forever severed me from—” To a woman who held that the society of dear friends was “one of the greatest gratifications allowed us in this life,” the undeserved ostracism cut her heart with an ...
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... dear son we can interpose a little remedy at once by writing to each other—I set now the example, you will surely follow it, & let me read you as soon as I land in America—yr dear mother will forward it to me. Never mind what you tell ...
... dear son we can interpose a little remedy at once by writing to each other—I set now the example, you will surely follow it, & let me read you as soon as I land in America—yr dear mother will forward it to me. Never mind what you tell ...
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... dear Child Ann H. Lee2 Nassau 4th 16 My dear Fish I am still struggling with the effects of the outrage I suffered soon after I dined with you in Washington & I confide with [a] celebrated Spanish Physician who cures every body not ...
... dear Child Ann H. Lee2 Nassau 4th 16 My dear Fish I am still struggling with the effects of the outrage I suffered soon after I dined with you in Washington & I confide with [a] celebrated Spanish Physician who cures every body not ...
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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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