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 Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and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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... 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 obligation I feel to chide you ...
... 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 obligation I feel to chide you ...
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... once confided to a West Point friend,. “and to put one t'other requires as great a moral effort as for a cat to walk on live coals.”10 Yet, because he spent so much of his time traveling for his profession, correspondence became an ...
... once confided to a West Point friend,. “and to put one t'other requires as great a moral effort as for a cat to walk on live coals.”10 Yet, because he spent so much of his time traveling for his profession, correspondence became an ...
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... once told Lee's father-in-law.11 Lossing would have delighted in Robert Lee's letters. They are filled with punchy conversations and period tidbits that delight the amateur reader as well as the professional historian. In only rare ...
... once told Lee's father-in-law.11 Lossing would have delighted in Robert Lee's letters. They are filled with punchy conversations and period tidbits that delight the amateur reader as well as the professional historian. In only rare ...
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... once apologized to his mother-in law for what he termed “scraggy chirography,” and messages that had the appearance of “ancient epistles.”16 Part of the appeal of these letters is that they exist at all. This is a marvel on several ...
... once apologized to his mother-in law for what he termed “scraggy chirography,” and messages that had the appearance of “ancient epistles.”16 Part of the appeal of these letters is that they exist at all. This is a marvel on several ...
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... once worried about a certain “wild and savage humor” that threatened to undermine Henry's fine intellectual skills. Another relative, visiting with the Lees, left a picture of home life that was far from serene: “vexation —torment ...
... once worried about a certain “wild and savage humor” that threatened to undermine Henry's fine intellectual skills. Another relative, visiting with the Lees, left a picture of home life that was far from serene: “vexation —torment ...
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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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