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Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters

Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters

Pryor, Elizabeth Brown

Paperback

Historical FiguresMilitary BiographiesCivil War Period (1850-1877)

ISBN10: 0143113909
ISBN13: 9780143113904
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: May 1 2008
Pages: 688
Weight: 1.30
Height: 1.44 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.38
Language: English
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 Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and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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