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 Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and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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... forces into Virginia, the burning of Richmond, and the final flight of Lee's immediate family to lower Virginia. At some point the Lee descendants again came into possession of them, though they are still today not sure how it happened ...
... forces into Virginia, the burning of Richmond, and the final flight of Lee's immediate family to lower Virginia. At some point the Lee descendants again came into possession of them, though they are still today not sure how it happened ...
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... forces, scouting, harassing the enemy, and conducting some critical foraging for the bleak winter encampments at ... force. He knew his commanding general—a former surveyor—valued intelligence about terrain and enemy concentrations, and ...
... forces, scouting, harassing the enemy, and conducting some critical foraging for the bleak winter encampments at ... force. He knew his commanding general—a former surveyor—valued intelligence about terrain and enemy concentrations, and ...
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... forces, but only under conditions that he had assessed personally and with tactics that were of his own design. At ... force, with scarcely any loss of American life. For this, arguably his most splendid achievement of the war, he was ...
... forces, but only under conditions that he had assessed personally and with tactics that were of his own design. At ... force, with scarcely any loss of American life. For this, arguably his most splendid achievement of the war, he was ...
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... forces at the battle of Guilford Courthouse in 1781. The engagement essentially crippled Cornwallis's army, though it was technically a win for the British. Lee later gave himself credit for conceptualizing a follow-up campaign that ...
... forces at the battle of Guilford Courthouse in 1781. The engagement essentially crippled Cornwallis's army, though it was technically a win for the British. Lee later gave himself credit for conceptualizing a follow-up campaign that ...
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... forces with the colonists. Washington quietly steered him away from the plan, advising that as he was governor “of a respectable State, much speculation would be excited by such a measure.” Seeing the wisdom of Washington's advice, and ...
... forces with the colonists. Washington quietly steered him away from the plan, advising that as he was governor “of a respectable State, much speculation would be excited by such a measure.” Seeing the wisdom of Washington's advice, and ...
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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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