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 Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and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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... her husband to come with a carriage to bring her home and to take responsibility for her and the children. “Oh! My dearest Mr. Lee,” she implored him, “remember, that your poor afflicted Fatherless wife, can now, only look to you, to.
... her husband to come with a carriage to bring her home and to take responsibility for her and the children. “Oh! My dearest Mr. Lee,” she implored him, “remember, that your poor afflicted Fatherless wife, can now, only look to you, to.
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... look to you, to smooth her rugged path through life, and soften her bed of death!”58 The carriage did not arrive until November or December, and then its drafty condition left Mrs. Lee shivering in sickness when her third son was born ...
... look to you, to smooth her rugged path through life, and soften her bed of death!”58 The carriage did not arrive until November or December, and then its drafty condition left Mrs. Lee shivering in sickness when her third son was born ...
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... look for my ghost in it warning you against it.”33 Despite her thin purse, Ann Lee's children were educated, accomplished, and kind. What she could not supply in material possessions or paternal pride she gave them in breeding, an ...
... look for my ghost in it warning you against it.”33 Despite her thin purse, Ann Lee's children were educated, accomplished, and kind. What she could not supply in material possessions or paternal pride she gave them in breeding, an ...
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... look. One little girl who saw Harry Lee at church with his family recalled how he was whispered about in the town and how his penetrating look terrified her: “the bright black eyes were shining under white bandages that bound his brow ...
... look. One little girl who saw Harry Lee at church with his family recalled how he was whispered about in the town and how his penetrating look terrified her: “the bright black eyes were shining under white bandages that bound his brow ...
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... look upon you always as belonging to us, during the whole of our life, as belonging to our children after us,” he said. “You are ours by... [the] patriotic self-devotion with which you flew to the aid of our fathers at the crisis of our ...
... look upon you always as belonging to us, during the whole of our life, as belonging to our children after us,” he said. “You are ours by... [the] patriotic self-devotion with which you flew to the aid of our fathers at the crisis of our ...
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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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