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 Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and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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... tried to match his scanty memories with the author of the effusive correspondence.27 The woman Robert married, Mary Anna Randolph Custis, was a granddaughter of Martha Washington, and a virtual guardian of the nation's history. Part of ...
... tried to match his scanty memories with the author of the effusive correspondence.27 The woman Robert married, Mary Anna Randolph Custis, was a granddaughter of Martha Washington, and a virtual guardian of the nation's history. Part of ...
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... tried to rescue some when she visited Arlington a few months after its occupation.33 A soldier who was stationed in the house in 1862 “rummaged up in the vast garret” and found several trunks full of Lee's letters, dated from “twenty ...
... tried to rescue some when she visited Arlington a few months after its occupation.33 A soldier who was stationed in the house in 1862 “rummaged up in the vast garret” and found several trunks full of Lee's letters, dated from “twenty ...
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... tried to curb Lee's sometimes overzealous instincts. “The measure you propose of putting deserters from our Army to immediate death would probably tend to discourage the practice...,” the general told him in 1779. “I think that the part ...
... tried to curb Lee's sometimes overzealous instincts. “The measure you propose of putting deserters from our Army to immediate death would probably tend to discourage the practice...,” the general told him in 1779. “I think that the part ...
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... tried to engage Harry in friendly debate at dinner the following year found him “hurt beyond description from the late political occurrences in the country” and noted that in their discussion “political hostility immediately ensued.”23 ...
... tried to engage Harry in friendly debate at dinner the following year found him “hurt beyond description from the late political occurrences in the country” and noted that in their discussion “political hostility immediately ensued.”23 ...
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... tried to develop a settlement at the falls of the Potomac, which he tactlessly named “Matildaville” after his first wife.41 He borrowed tens of thousands of dollars from his brothers, so much that Richard Bland Lee ultimately forfeited ...
... tried to develop a settlement at the falls of the Potomac, which he tactlessly named “Matildaville” after his first wife.41 He borrowed tens of thousands of dollars from his brothers, so much that Richard Bland Lee ultimately forfeited ...
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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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