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 Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and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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... interest.1 The very name “Robert E. Lee” I knew to be an artifice, for neither he nor his family and friends ever used it—a fitting pseudonym, I thought, for an empty mythological creature. Until I read his letters it could not have ...
... interest.1 The very name “Robert E. Lee” I knew to be an artifice, for neither he nor his family and friends ever used it—a fitting pseudonym, I thought, for an empty mythological creature. Until I read his letters it could not have ...
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... interest to her. Her simple dignity, her most admirable understanding & manners—excite enough of admiration without any appeal to sympathy. This is the history of the Lady who had kept my letter back & it is a most edifying one—Misery ...
... interest to her. Her simple dignity, her most admirable understanding & manners—excite enough of admiration without any appeal to sympathy. This is the history of the Lady who had kept my letter back & it is a most edifying one—Misery ...
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... interest was breeding horses. At the age of fourteen, “Harry” was sent to Princeton, where he studied the classics and jurisprudence, his “fine genius” standing out among such classmates as Aaron Burr, James Madison, and the poet Philip ...
... interest was breeding horses. At the age of fourteen, “Harry” was sent to Princeton, where he studied the classics and jurisprudence, his “fine genius” standing out among such classmates as Aaron Burr, James Madison, and the poet Philip ...
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... interest in the patient work needed to finish the war. Greene, however, retained his admiration, and chose to consider Lee's departure a furlough. Light-Horse Harry was in such a pitch of despair that he left his beloved legion without ...
... interest in the patient work needed to finish the war. Greene, however, retained his admiration, and chose to consider Lee's departure a furlough. Light-Horse Harry was in such a pitch of despair that he left his beloved legion without ...
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... interests should be subordinated to overarching national concerns. He fought for Virginia's ratification of the Constitution, championing the opening “We the People” against “We the States” and defending the need for a robust central ...
... interests should be subordinated to overarching national concerns. He fought for Virginia's ratification of the Constitution, championing the opening “We the People” against “We the States” and defending the need for a robust central ...
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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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