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 Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and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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... lived at Arlington, as did most of their 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 ...
... lived at Arlington, as did most of their 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 ...
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... lived with them. He was her guardian. He seduced her under circumstances too—too—horrible to mention & blackened with his disgrace everyone that bore his name. This—the last fatal—fatal—stroke seems to have left no phial unemptied. And ...
... lived with them. He was her guardian. He seduced her under circumstances too—too—horrible to mention & blackened with his disgrace everyone that bore his name. This—the last fatal—fatal—stroke seems to have left no phial unemptied. And ...
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... lived his life in high relief. Born in 1756, the eldest son of Henry Lee of Leesylvania, he grew up with all the advantages of one of Virginia's premier families. His mother, Lucy Grymes, had been courted by George Washington, and his ...
... lived his life in high relief. Born in 1756, the eldest son of Henry Lee of Leesylvania, he grew up with all the advantages of one of Virginia's premier families. His mother, Lucy Grymes, had been courted by George Washington, and his ...
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... lived out his principles, whether advocating the creation of a national army, leading troops in the Whiskey Rebellion, or defending freedom of the press in Baltimore. And he passionately believed in the promise of America, in the ...
... lived out his principles, whether advocating the creation of a national army, leading troops in the Whiskey Rebellion, or defending freedom of the press in Baltimore. And he passionately believed in the promise of America, in the ...
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... did not pay, he racked up debts and “lived on his Wits and the donations of credulous persons,” giving worthless notes against a fictitious account with a Savannah 9 banking house. Intermittently he wrote lengthy epistles to his.
... did not pay, he racked up debts and “lived on his Wits and the donations of credulous persons,” giving worthless notes against a fictitious account with a Savannah 9 banking house. Intermittently he wrote lengthy epistles to his.
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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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