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Reading the man : : a Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through his Private Letters

Pryor, Elizabeth Brown. Book - 2008 973.73 Pr 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 0 out of 5

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Torn to pieces -- Perplexity -- The torchbearers -- The long gray line -- Long to be remembered -- Seven arias -- Pioneers -- The family circle -- Humanity and the law -- Adrenaline -- Crenellations -- Black-eyed fancies -- The headache bag -- Mutable shield -- Odyssey -- Theory meets reality -- "Upon a fearful summons" -- Field of honor -- "A general... is a rare product" -- Apogee/perigee -- Overwhelmed -- The political animal -- Ragged individualists -- A leap in the dark -- Blurred vision -- "If vanquished, I am still victorious" -- Acknowledgments.
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 Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and contradictory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' 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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