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 Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and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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... 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 instances ...
... 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 instances ...
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... told him in 1779. “I think that the part of your proposal which respects cutting off their heads and sending them to the Light Troops had better be omitted.”16 Ugly accusations continued during the Carolina campaign, especially after an ...
... told him in 1779. “I think that the part of your proposal which respects cutting off their heads and sending them to the Light Troops had better be omitted.”16 Ugly accusations continued during the Carolina campaign, especially after an ...
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... told Greene.18 Windburned and weary, Henry Lee returned in the spring of 1782 to the Northern Neck of Virginia. He was twenty-six years old, a genuine war hero, now with the rank of lieutenant colonel. During the Yorktown campaign he ...
... told Greene.18 Windburned and weary, Henry Lee returned in the spring of 1782 to the Northern Neck of Virginia. He was twenty-six years old, a genuine war hero, now with the rank of lieutenant colonel. During the Yorktown campaign he ...
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... of the time, slaves and furnishings were confiscated, and Stratford's imposing rooms were uncomfortably cold, lonely, and bare.54 “I have long since, ceased to regret such privations,” she staunchly told a friend who.
... of the time, slaves and furnishings were confiscated, and Stratford's imposing rooms were uncomfortably cold, lonely, and bare.54 “I have long since, ceased to regret such privations,” she staunchly told a friend who.
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... 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, contradictory life continued to embitter those he left behind. That Samuel ...
... 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, contradictory life continued to embitter those he left behind. That Samuel ...
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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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