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 Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and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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... noted that the arrival of the mailbag on a winter evening at Arlington was always “a peculiar source of pleasure.”23 What seems even more remarkable is that the letters managed to survive a time of cataclysmic war. We know that the Lees ...
... noted that the arrival of the mailbag on a winter evening at Arlington was always “a peculiar source of pleasure.”23 What seems even more remarkable is that the letters managed to survive a time of cataclysmic war. We know that the Lees ...
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... noted drily.28 Archival conditions aside, a great deal of verbal reverence was bestowed on the Washington papers, and Mary Custis Lee delighted in bringing them out for guests and bundling them up to take to dinner parties, where ...
... noted drily.28 Archival conditions aside, a great deal of verbal reverence was bestowed on the Washington papers, and Mary Custis Lee delighted in bringing them out for guests and bundling them up to take to dinner parties, where ...
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... noted that in their discussion “political hostility immediately ensued.”23 Lee's personal life during these years was as unstable as the political scene. His was a volatile nature, one that perhaps served him better in war than in peace ...
... noted that in their discussion “political hostility immediately ensued.”23 Lee's personal life during these years was as unstable as the political scene. His was a volatile nature, one that perhaps served him better in war than in peace ...
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... noted only that “one of the patriots that the country...so frequently speak of” had been lost.43 There are conflicting reports about how the family in Alexandria reacted. Letters exist that suggest there had been a continued affection ...
... noted only that “one of the patriots that the country...so frequently speak of” had been lost.43 There are conflicting reports about how the family in Alexandria reacted. Letters exist that suggest there had been a continued affection ...
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... it “the last tribute of respect that I shall ever be able to pay....”59 As a West Point cadet he would choose friends whose fathers had fought alongside Light-Horse Harry. Joseph E. Johnston noted that in fact this was.
... it “the last tribute of respect that I shall ever be able to pay....”59 As a West Point cadet he would choose friends whose fathers had fought alongside Light-Horse Harry. Joseph E. Johnston noted that in fact this was.
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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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