Ebook: Lee: an abridgement in one volume of the four-volume R.E. Lee by Douglas Southall Freeman
Author: Confederate States of America. Army, Freeman Douglas Southall, Harwell Richard Barksdale, Lee Robert Edward
- Tags: Generals, Generals--United States, Biographies, Biography, Lee Robert E. -- (Robert Edward) -- 1807-1870, Confederate States of America. -- Army -- Biography, Generals -- United States -- Biography, Confederate States of America. -- Army, United States
- Year: 1997
- Publisher: Scribner
- City: New York;United States
- Edition: 1st Touchstone ed
- Language: English
- epub
Douglas Southall Freeman's Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Robert E. Lee was greeted with critical acclaim when it was first published in 1935. This reissue chronicles all the major aspects and highlights of the general's military career, from his stunning accomplishments in the Mexican War to the humbling surrender at Appomattox.
More than just a military leader, Lee embodied all the conflicts of his time. The son of a Revolutionary War hero and related by marriage to George Washington, he was the product of young America's elite. When Abraham Lincoln offered him command of the United States Army, however, he choose to lead the confederate ranks, convinced that his first loyalty lay with his native Virginia. Although a member of the planter class, he felt that slavery was "a moral and political evil." Aloof and somber, he nevertheless continually inspired his men by his deep concern for their personal welfare.
Freeman's biography is the full portrait of a...
More than just a military leader, Lee embodied all the conflicts of his time. The son of a Revolutionary War hero and related by marriage to George Washington, he was the product of young America's elite. When Abraham Lincoln offered him command of the United States Army, however, he choose to lead the confederate ranks, convinced that his first loyalty lay with his native Virginia. Although a member of the planter class, he felt that slavery was "a moral and political evil." Aloof and somber, he nevertheless continually inspired his men by his deep concern for their personal welfare.
Freeman's biography is the full portrait of a...
Download the book Lee: an abridgement in one volume of the four-volume R.E. Lee by Douglas Southall Freeman for free or read online
Continue reading on any device:
Last viewed books
Related books
{related-news}
Comments (0)