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Robert E. Lee
A Biography
by Emory M. Thomas
ISBN: 0393316319
ISBN-13: 9780393316315
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Emory M. Thomas's biography of Lee is, in the author's own words, "post-revisionist". He steers a middle course between the authoritative, if hagiographic, Douglas Southall Freeman four-volume biography, and the debunking "The Marble Man," by Thomas L. Connelly.
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"Thomas is the first to admit that it is hard to know Lee whole, since like most great men he was full of paradoxes. The picture Thomas paints in this very useful book is indeed a shot down the middle. But even down the middle with Lee is revisionist." -- John C. Waugh
-- Washington Post Book World
"...'Robert E. Lee', is a convincing compromise between the traditional view and the revisionist....This is a book that improves as it progresses. The most vivid depictions of Lee appear in the chronicles from the last months of the Civil War to the time of his death in 1870....In depicting Lee's frustrations and unhappiness, Emory Thomas has shattered the burdensome marble statue and given us a hero we can live with." -- John Eisenhower
-- New York Times Book Review
"He unquestionably admires the general for his many virtues, but he also takes note of Lee's limitations and weaknesses. He reveals not a deity or a superman but a fully rounded mortal, a more recognizable human personality....In this well-written book, Thomas declares that history, 'needs Robert E. Lee whole.' Thanks to the author of this insightful and revealing study, it has now been provided." -- Robert V. Remini
-- Los Angeles Times Book Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Published date: 1997
Size: 6 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.5 pounds
Publisher's Notes
Robert E. Lee has been, and continues to be, a symbol and hero in the American story. But in life, Lee was both more and less than his legend. This probing and personal biography uncovers the man behind the legend. "A gripping flesh-and-blood portrait".--Barrett R. Richardson, "Virginian Pilot and Ledger". A "New York Times" Notable Book. Photos & drawings.
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Robert E. Lee: A Biography
Emory M. Thomas
W. W. Norton & Company, 1997-06. Paperback. Very Good. Buyer satisfaction guaranteed! Excellent customer service. Cover shows little or no shelf wear. Clean pages. Straight spine. No markings or writing in the book Shipping from CA. ( more information) Offered by a2zusedbooks (United States)
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Robert E. Lee; A Biography
Thomas, Emory M
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York First Paperback Edition 1997. New York 1997. Publisher's original colour illustrated laminated card wrap covers. 8vo 9½'' x 6¼'' 472 pp ISBN 0393316319. Monochrome illustrations to the centre. Free from inscription and in Fine condition, unopened new book, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. ( more information) Offered by Little Stour Books (United Kingdom)
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Robert E. Lee: A Biography
Thomas, Emory M
New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1997 472 pp., [16] pp. of plates, illus., maps, biblio., index; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. "The best and most balanced of the Lee biographies." -- New York Review of Books. "The life of Robert E. Lee is a story not of defeat but of triumph--triumph in clearing his family name, triumph in marrying properly, triumph over the mighty Mississippi in his work as an engineer, and triumph over all other military men to become the towering figure who commanded the Confederate army in the American Civil War. But late in life Lee confessed that he 'was always wanting something.' In this probing and personal biography, Emory Thomas reveals more than the man himself did. Robert E. Lee has been, and continues to be, a symbol and hero in the American story. But in life, Thomas writes, Lee was both more and less than his legend. Here is the man behind the legend. / Emory M. Thomas is Regent's Professor of History at the University of Georgia and author of a number of books on the Civil War. He lives in Athens, Georgia." - Publisher.. First paperback edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Left Coast Books (United States)
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Thomas, Emory M
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