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Reading the Man : A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters by Elizabeth Brown Pryor (2007, Hardcover)

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For the 200th anniversary of Robert E. Lee’s birth, a new portrait drawing on previously unpublished correspondence Robert E. Lee’s war correspondence is well known, and here and there personal letters have found their way into print, but the great majority of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 Over the past several years historian Elizabeth Brown Pryor has uncovered a rich trove of unpublished Lee materials that had been held in both private and public collections.Her new book, a unique blend of analysis, narrative, and historiography, presents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.

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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0670038296
ISBN-13
9780670038299
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57002419

Product Key Features

Book Title
Reading the Man : a Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters
Author
Elizabeth Brown Pryor
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Historical, Military
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
688 Pages

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Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
2in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
34.8 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
E467.1.L4p795 2007
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Copyright Date
2007
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2006-047218
Dewey Decimal
973.7/3092 B
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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by ctmp2889Apr 08, 2009
Reading the Man
The most recent biography of Robert E. Lee, Elizabeth Pryor's Reading the Man is one of the most level headed and accurate accounts of his life. It approaches him not as a perfect man to be idolized nor demonized. Her account is both in depth thought provoking, highly recommended.

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