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 Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and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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... might be worth to the—may be—doomed thousands sleeping around me. It is the night before a “battle.” The enemy, Fredericksburg, and its' mighty entrenchments lie before us—the river between. At to-morrow's dawn our troops.
... might be worth to the—may be—doomed thousands sleeping around me. It is the night before a “battle.” The enemy, Fredericksburg, and its' mighty entrenchments lie before us—the river between. At to-morrow's dawn our troops.
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... troops stormed Arlington in May 1861, Mrs. Lee removed some of the papers to neighboring family plantations for safekeeping. Others remained for a time at the house, guarded by a servant who had stayed on during the Yankee occupation ...
... troops stormed Arlington in May 1861, Mrs. Lee removed some of the papers to neighboring family plantations for safekeeping. Others remained for a time at the house, guarded by a servant who had stayed on during the Yankee occupation ...
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... troops.6 Lee used his men as special forces, scouting, harassing the enemy, and conducting some critical foraging for the bleak winter encampments at Morristown and Valley Forge. The small horse corps was so agile that Lee gained the ...
... troops.6 Lee used his men as special forces, scouting, harassing the enemy, and conducting some critical foraging for the bleak winter encampments at Morristown and Valley Forge. The small horse corps was so agile that Lee gained the ...
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... troops to a prestigious staff position, Washington sent him with his ablest general, Nathanael Greene, to take on the defense of the South. Greene arrived in North Carolina to find the army (“if it deserved the name of one”) greatly ...
... troops to a prestigious staff position, Washington sent him with his ablest general, Nathanael Greene, to take on the defense of the South. Greene arrived in North Carolina to find the army (“if it deserved the name of one”) greatly ...
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... troops with auxiliary actions by Lee's Legion. He used them to harass the British supply lines and cut off their communications, and partnered Light-Horse Harry and Francis Marion—the “Swamp Fox”—to create an unpredictable and mobile ...
... troops with auxiliary actions by Lee's Legion. He used them to harass the British supply lines and cut off their communications, and partnered Light-Horse Harry and Francis Marion—the “Swamp Fox”—to create an unpredictable and mobile ...
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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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