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 Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and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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... early rising, and the study of Cicero.10 He was particularly fond of clever, amiable Carter, whom he expected to restore the family's greatness.11 The letters, full of advice that he himself had not heeded, seem to have been more a ...
... early rising, and the study of Cicero.10 He was particularly fond of clever, amiable Carter, whom he expected to restore the family's greatness.11 The letters, full of advice that he himself had not heeded, seem to have been more a ...
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... side that he would later exhibit with his own family. Yet it placed him in a kind of inverted relationship in which the child becomes the caretaker and the responsible adult the dependent. An early biographer, who knew the.
... side that he would later exhibit with his own family. Yet it placed him in a kind of inverted relationship in which the child becomes the caretaker and the responsible adult the dependent. An early biographer, who knew the.
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... early biographer, who knew the family, postulated that it “must have cut him off somewhat from the natural overflow, the fresh spontaneousness of boyish spirits. I think he showed the effect all his life.”39 One day in early April 1818 ...
... early biographer, who knew the family, postulated that it “must have cut him off somewhat from the natural overflow, the fresh spontaneousness of boyish spirits. I think he showed the effect all his life.”39 One day in early April 1818 ...
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... early childhood have significant emotional and behavioral consequences. For a child the departure or death of a parent is a seminal experience. Robert Lee's youth was not easy, and it was punctuated with some melodramatic episodes that ...
... early childhood have significant emotional and behavioral consequences. For a child the departure or death of a parent is a seminal experience. Robert Lee's youth was not easy, and it was punctuated with some melodramatic episodes that ...
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... early republic, or was squandered amid the increasingly materialistic culture that accompanied this time of extraordinary opportunity. Monroe thought the country would benefit from a reinvigoration of the old principles, particularly as ...
... early republic, or was squandered amid the increasingly materialistic culture that accompanied this time of extraordinary opportunity. Monroe thought the country would benefit from a reinvigoration of the old principles, particularly as ...
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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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