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 Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and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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... followed his mother's advice, and, in fact, repeated it to his youngest daughter some thirty years later. “It is said that our letters are good representatives of our minds...They certainly present a good criterion for judging of the ...
... followed his mother's advice, and, in fact, repeated it to his youngest daughter some thirty years later. “It is said that our letters are good representatives of our minds...They certainly present a good criterion for judging of the ...
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... followed me to the Rio Grande, slowly finding its way from point to point, did not reach Fort Brown till after my departure, & has but within a few days got back to its point of starting. But I have enjoyed it, Cousin Anna, just the ...
... followed me to the Rio Grande, slowly finding its way from point to point, did not reach Fort Brown till after my departure, & has but within a few days got back to its point of starting. But I have enjoyed it, Cousin Anna, just the ...
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... followed possession as tho' it were irresistible—In fact it may have been so—Society (that of Virginia I mean) was full of splendid meteors: if a woman had been inclined to pursue a right path there was no steady light whereby she could ...
... followed possession as tho' it were irresistible—In fact it may have been so—Society (that of Virginia I mean) was full of splendid meteors: if a woman had been inclined to pursue a right path there was no steady light whereby she could ...
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... followed the boldest orders, certain they would be led to triumph and safety.8 Henry Banks, who knew the legion, later wrote, “Both cavalry and infantry were like a band of brothers, having entire confidence in each other, and all ...
... followed the boldest orders, certain they would be led to triumph and safety.8 Henry Banks, who knew the legion, later wrote, “Both cavalry and infantry were like a band of brothers, having entire confidence in each other, and all ...
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... followed two years later by the unexpected death of his eldest and dearest son, devastated Henry Lee. He poured out his anguish to sympathetic James Madison, sorrowing that the “domestic calamity which stirs me to the quick...has ...
... followed two years later by the unexpected death of his eldest and dearest son, devastated Henry Lee. He poured out his anguish to sympathetic James Madison, sorrowing that the “domestic calamity which stirs me to the quick...has ...
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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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