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 Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and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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... months after its occupation.33 A soldier who was stationed in the house in 1862 “rummaged up in the vast garret” and found several trunks full of Lee's letters, dated from “twenty years or more.”34 H. L. Wright, one of many blue-coated ...
... months after its occupation.33 A soldier who was stationed in the house in 1862 “rummaged up in the vast garret” and found several trunks full of Lee's letters, dated from “twenty years or more.”34 H. L. Wright, one of many blue-coated ...
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... months since, after eighteen months exercise of it, the sweet little creature was pronounced convalescent—one misery ceased but to prepare the way for a greater—Henry Lee—her Husband's Son—a gentleman of great fortune & talents—more ...
... months since, after eighteen months exercise of it, the sweet little creature was pronounced convalescent—one misery ceased but to prepare the way for a greater—Henry Lee—her Husband's Son—a gentleman of great fortune & talents—more ...
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... month later, on a sticky June evening, Ann Hill Carter and Governor Henry Lee were married in the mahogany and sterling splendor of Shirley, the Carters' hospitable home. Newspapers paid tribute to the nuptials of “Virginia's favorite ...
... month later, on a sticky June evening, Ann Hill Carter and Governor Henry Lee were married in the mahogany and sterling splendor of Shirley, the Carters' hospitable home. Newspapers paid tribute to the nuptials of “Virginia's favorite ...
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... months after Robert's birth, however, he was forced to surrender to the sheriff of Westmoreland County. Kept in a twelve-by-fifteen-foot cell, in the same courthouse where George Washington had once cast a ballot electing him to ...
... months after Robert's birth, however, he was forced to surrender to the sheriff of Westmoreland County. Kept in a twelve-by-fifteen-foot cell, in the same courthouse where George Washington had once cast a ballot electing him to ...
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... months, and prayed he would do so, for he was liable for the bail. As he told Sheriff Luther Martin, “If I should be obliged to pay this money, it will be almost my ruin....”70 But Henry Lee would not return, and his outsized ...
... months, and prayed he would do so, for he was liable for the bail. As he told Sheriff Luther Martin, “If I should be obliged to pay this money, it will be almost my ruin....”70 But Henry Lee would not return, and his outsized ...
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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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