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 Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and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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... mother, Ann Hill Carter Lee, once admonished her second son, Smith, for inattention to his letterwriting responsibilities. With a timeless mother's plea, she writes: “I...now have arrived at the disagreeable point in my letter, the ...
... mother, Ann Hill Carter Lee, once admonished her second son, Smith, for inattention to his letterwriting responsibilities. With a timeless mother's plea, she writes: “I...now have arrived at the disagreeable point in my letter, the ...
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... mother's advice, and, in fact, repeated it to his youngest daughter some thirty years later. “It is said that our letters are good representatives of our minds...They certainly present a good criterion for judging of the character of ...
... mother's advice, and, in fact, repeated it to his youngest daughter some thirty years later. “It is said that our letters are good representatives of our minds...They certainly present a good criterion for judging of the character of ...
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... mother's],” Lee wrote. “If she is willing for its publication & you think it will in any way serve your purpose...I shall not object—But I never write but for those whom my letters are addressed.”13 Lee composed most of his letters ...
... mother's],” Lee wrote. “If she is willing for its publication & you think it will in any way serve your purpose...I shall not object—But I never write but for those whom my letters are addressed.”13 Lee composed most of his letters ...
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... Mother's great fondness for you and perhaps prove incentive to the cultivation of these virtues she was most desirous you should possess.”24 Before the days of the photo album, letters were the only way a family had to record its ...
... Mother's great fondness for you and perhaps prove incentive to the cultivation of these virtues she was most desirous you should possess.”24 Before the days of the photo album, letters were the only way a family had to record its ...
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... mother's earliest friend. It is fitting that I should explain the reason why I do now what I ought to have done a week since, & as the cause is Mrs Lee I cannot do better than explain Mrs Lee. In fact I am glad of the chance—I have an ...
... mother's earliest friend. It is fitting that I should explain the reason why I do now what I ought to have done a week since, & as the cause is Mrs Lee I cannot do better than explain Mrs Lee. In fact I am glad of the chance—I have an ...
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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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