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 Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and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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... wrote when he was lonely, and when he was stimulated by new sights and adventures, and he also wrote when he had nothing to say. He could say nothing very well indeed, and some of the most revealing letters are filled more with everyday ...
... wrote when he was lonely, and when he was stimulated by new sights and adventures, and he also wrote when he had nothing to say. He could say nothing very well indeed, and some of the most revealing letters are filled more with everyday ...
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... wrote his letters on ivory or blue paper, often on one big sheet that was doubled to make four pages, then folded again, the address written on the center of the final page, and sealed. Because of the standardized paper size, the length ...
... wrote his letters on ivory or blue paper, often on one big sheet that was doubled to make four pages, then folded again, the address written on the center of the final page, and sealed. Because of the standardized paper size, the length ...
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... wrote his fiancée with unwitting prescience. The day of Lee's funeral, his wife reopened that same packet of love letters and sighed over the intervening years and events.25 Like Mary Lee, those who were feeling low found the faded ...
... wrote his fiancée with unwitting prescience. The day of Lee's funeral, his wife reopened that same packet of love letters and sighed over the intervening years and events.25 Like Mary Lee, those who were feeling low found the faded ...
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... wrote a somewhat abashed note to Lee's daughter Mary in the 1880s, returning letters from her father and J. E. B. Stuart. Similar notes, postmarked Illinois or Massachusetts, were received from time to time by the Lee descendants.35 In ...
... wrote a somewhat abashed note to Lee's daughter Mary in the 1880s, returning letters from her father and J. E. B. Stuart. Similar notes, postmarked Illinois or Massachusetts, were received from time to time by the Lee descendants.35 In ...
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... wrote him, “you exceed Cornwallis and everybody else.”12 Lafayette also took the trouble to express his “high opinion” of the legion and to offer them some embellishments for their uniforms—“lace, swords and feathers”— lately brought ...
... wrote him, “you exceed Cornwallis and everybody else.”12 Lafayette also took the trouble to express his “high opinion” of the legion and to offer them some embellishments for their uniforms—“lace, swords and feathers”— lately brought ...
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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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