Robert E. Lee (Penguin Lives) combines acute character insight with lively storytelling and a full-hearted Southern directness to craft this unique, personal portrait.Fascinated by what made Lee into such a great, though reluctant, leader, Blount delves into his family
| TITLE | : | Robert E. Lee (Penguin Lives) |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.89 (986 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0670032204 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Hardcover |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 210 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2003-05-12 |
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Iconic Virginian, brilliant general, and complex human being—it is this last facet of Robert E. Lee that is rarely seen. But now Roy Blount, Jr. combines acute character insight with lively storytelling and a full-hearted Southern directness to craft this unique, personal portrait.Fascinated by what made Lee into such a great, though reluctant, leader, Blount delves into his family history and his personality. He illustrates how, descended from two illustrious families, Lee embodied the best of all their traits and became Lincoln's first choice to lead the Union troops in 1861. But Lee's Virginia roots drew him, instead, to the Confederate command. Blount vividly conveys not only his ambition and courage but also his humility and humor, and his sorrowful sense of responsibility for his outnumbered, outgunned, half-starved army. Robert E. Lee, the first succinct biography of
EDITORIAL :
From Publishers Weekly This concise Penguin Life biography can be compared to the Confederate general's Civil War career: valiant, honorable and surprisingly successful with limited resources. Blount, a humorist with 12 books to his credit, avoids hagiography, debunking and psychobiography (except in speculation largely relegated to Appendix 1). Writing from the perspective of his Southern heritage, Blount exhibits apposite insight and detachment, instantly recognizing anything that has ever been used as a club for beating the South. As to the actual narrative, he is vividly detailed about Lee's disastrous childhood, which led to his famous self-control. The description of his Civil War career supports Grant's verdict of Lee as lucky on the offensive but really formidable only on the defensive, and avoids jargon that might make the military passages inaccessible to the lay reader. The ch
REVIEW :
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