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 Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and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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... seems astonishing given his historical prominence. Only casual collections and an imperfect and strongly edited set of his wartime documents are available in printed form. Nor did he write a memoir, or any other personal account of his ...
... seems astonishing given his historical prominence. Only casual collections and an imperfect and strongly edited set of his wartime documents are available in printed form. Nor did he write a memoir, or any other personal account of his ...
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... seems the more that is written about him, the more he has become obscured. So we need a pathfinder through this secondhand wilderness, and what better guide than Lee himself? For his letters wonderfully illuminate his personality ...
... seems the more that is written about him, the more he has become obscured. So we need a pathfinder through this secondhand wilderness, and what better guide than Lee himself? For his letters wonderfully illuminate his personality ...
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... seems even more remarkable is that the letters managed to survive a time of cataclysmic war. We know that the Lees carefully preserved the family's private papers while they lived at Arlington, as did most of their friends. Americans of ...
... seems even more remarkable is that the letters managed to survive a time of cataclysmic war. We know that the Lees carefully preserved the family's private papers while they lived at Arlington, as did most of their friends. Americans of ...
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... seems to have become quite a mania with dear Cousin M.,” noted Markie. “At all hours of the day may she be seen, coming in or sitting down with her arms or lap full of moth eaten letters, some of wh[ich] by date are one hundred & fifty ...
... seems to have become quite a mania with dear Cousin M.,” noted Markie. “At all hours of the day may she be seen, coming in or sitting down with her arms or lap full of moth eaten letters, some of wh[ich] by date are one hundred & fifty ...
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... seems to have left no phial unemptied. And yet when you see her you do not require the consideration of her suffering to give interest to her. Her simple dignity, her most admirable understanding & manners—excite enough of admiration ...
... seems to have left no phial unemptied. And yet when you see her you do not require the consideration of her suffering to give interest to her. Her simple dignity, her most admirable understanding & manners—excite enough of admiration ...
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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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