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Robert E. Lee : a biography
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Title
Robert E. Lee : a biography / Allen C. Guelzo.
ISBN
9781101946220
1101946229
9781101912225
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
Copyright Notice Date
©2021
Physical Description
xii, 588 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Summary
"From the acclaimed author of Gettysburg: The Last Invasion--a sweeping, singularly immediate, and intimate biography of the Confederate general and his fateful decision to betray his nation in order to defend his home state and uphold the slave system he claimed to oppose"-- Provided by publisher.
Lee betrayed his nation in order to defend his home state and uphold the slave system he claimed to oppose. He was a traitor to the country he swore to serve as an Army officer, and yet he was admired even by his enemies for his composure and leadership. He considered slavery immoral, but benefited from inherited slaves and fought to defend the institution. Guelzo follows Lee from his refined upbringing in Virginia high society, to his long career in the U.S. Army, his agonized decision to side with Virginia when it seceded from the Union, and his leadership during the Civil War. Above all, Guelzo captures Robert E. Lee in all his complexity: hypocrisy and courage, outward calm and inner turmoil, honor and his disloyalty.
Other formats
Online version: Guelzo, Allen C, Lee First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 04, 2021
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prologue: The mystery of Robert E. Lee
The garden spot of Virginia
The making of an engineer
Marriage and the third system
Mission to the Mississippi
Ruling the Aztec sky
To serve as a model for the mighty world
The unpleasant legacy
I will cling to it to the last
The decisions
This is not the way to accomplish our independence
To dash against mine enemy and to win
The Savior of Richmond
It is well this is so terrible!
In this heathen war the fire of God fills him
I consider my presence here always necessary
We must destroy this army of Grant's
Just as I have expected it would end from the first
An indictment for treason
Every student must be a gentleman
From the great deep to the great deep he goes
Epilogue: The crime and the glory of Robert E. Lee.
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