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 Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and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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... friends ever used it—a fitting pseudonym, I thought, for an empty mythological creature. Until I read his letters it could not have occurred to me to describe Lee with the adjectives that now hurry to my mind: witty, bourgeois, self ...
... friends ever used it—a fitting pseudonym, I thought, for an empty mythological creature. Until I read his letters it could not have occurred to me to describe Lee with the adjectives that now hurry to my mind: witty, bourgeois, self ...
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... friends. More people also wrote letters, representing a wider spectrum of the population. Personal correspondence had greatly increased by the 1820s, when Mrs. Lee chastised the recalcitrant Smith, and the figure grew exponentially ...
... friends. More people also wrote letters, representing a wider spectrum of the population. Personal correspondence had greatly increased by the 1820s, when Mrs. Lee chastised the recalcitrant Smith, and the figure grew exponentially ...
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... friends and family, however, he developed a more intimate style, sometimes signing himself. “thy doughty Bob.” Despite his skill, Lee complained about the burden of letter writing. “I abhor the sight of pen and paper,” he once confided ...
... friends and family, however, he developed a more intimate style, sometimes signing himself. “thy doughty Bob.” Despite his skill, Lee complained about the burden of letter writing. “I abhor the sight of pen and paper,” he once confided ...
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... friends. Americans of all classes valued their precious letters and characteristically saved them for future generations. Ann Lee tells Smith, “Keep my letters that you may read them when I can write no more—They will awaken your ...
... friends. Americans of all classes valued their precious letters and characteristically saved them for future generations. Ann Lee tells Smith, “Keep my letters that you may read them when I can write no more—They will awaken your ...
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... friends. “No doubt the literary world will be vastly benefitted by the publication of our correspondence,” twenty ... friend and pour over their dear contents, a fount of tears to ease the burden of my lonely heart.”26 No wonder they ...
... friends. “No doubt the literary world will be vastly benefitted by the publication of our correspondence,” twenty ... friend and pour over their dear contents, a fount of tears to ease the burden of my lonely heart.”26 No wonder they ...
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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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