Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
For the 200th anniversary of Robert E. Lee's birth, a new portrait drawing on previously unpublished correspondenceRobert E. Lee's war correspondence is well known, and here and there personal letters have found their way into print, but the great majority of his most intimate messages have never been made public. These letters reveal a far more complex and contradictory man than the one who comes most readily to the imagination, for it is with his family and his friends that Lee is at his most candid, most engaging, and most vulnerable. Over the past several years historian Elizabeth Brown Pryor has uncovered a rich trove of unpublished Lee materials that had been held in both private and public collections.Her new book, a unique blend of analysis, narrative, and historiography, presents dozens of these letters in their entirety, most by Lee but a few by family members. Each letter becomes a departure point for an essay that shows what the letter uniquely reveals about Lee's time or character. The material covers all aspects of Lee's life—his early years, West Point, his work as an engineer, his relationships with his children and his slaves, his decision to join the South, his thoughts on military strategy, and his disappointments after defeat in the Civil War. The result is perhaps the most intimate picture to date of Lee, one that deftly analyzes the meaning of his actions within the context of his personality, his relationships, and the social tenor of his times.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
Previews available in: English
Subjects
Correspondence, History, Generals, Confederate States of America, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Biography & Autobiography, Confederate States of America. Army, Confederate Personal narratives, Biography, Nonfiction, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, biography, Lee, robert e. (robert edward), 1807-1870, Confederate states of america, army, Generals, biography, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, personal narratives, confederatePeople
Robert E. Lee (1807-1870)Times
Civil War, 1861-1865Showing 7 featured editions. View all 7 editions?
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
1
Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters
Mar 01, 2021, Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing
audio cd
1665137193 9781665137195
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
2
Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters
Apr 30, 2018, HighBridge Audio
audio cd
1684412242 9781684412242
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
3
Reading the Man
2008, Penguin Group USA, Inc.
Electronic resource
in English
1429532440 9781429532440
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
4
Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters
Apr 29, 2008, Penguin Books
paperback
0143113909 9780143113904
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
5
Reading the man: a portrait of Robert E. Lee through his private lettters
2007, Viking
in English
0670038296 9780670038299
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
6
Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters
March 15, 2007, Viking, published by the Penguin Group
Hardcover
in English
0670038296 9780670038299
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
7
Reading the man: a portrait of Robert E. Lee through his private lettters
2006, Viking
in English
0670038296 9780670038299
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [619]-640) and index.
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?December 17, 2022 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
November 19, 2022 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
July 22, 2019 | Edited by MARC Bot | remove fake subjects |
July 14, 2017 | Edited by Mek | adding subject: Internet Archive Wishlist |
December 10, 2009 | Created by WorkBot | add works page |