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The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee
Harper
May 2014
On Sale: May 14, 2014
Featuring: Robert E. Lee
822 pages
ISBN: 0062116290
EAN: 9780062116291
Kindle: B00FJ3142G
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Biography
New York Times bestselling author Michael Korda's
fresh, contemporary single volume historical biography of
General Robert E. Lee—perhaps the most famous and least
understood legend in American history and one of our most
admired heroes. Michael Korda, author of Ulysses
S. Grant and the bestsellers Ike and
Hero, paints a vivid and admiring portrait of Lee
as a brilliant general, a devoted family man, and principled
gentleman who disliked slavery and disagreed with secession,
yet who refused command of the Union Army in 1861 because he
could not "draw his sword" against his beloved
Virginia. Well-rounded and realistic, Clouds of
Glory analyzes Lee's command during the Civil War and
explores his responsibility for the fatal stalemate at
Antietam, his defeat at Gettysburg (as well the many
troubling controversies still surrounding it) and
ultimately, his failed strategy for winning the war. As
Korda shows, Lee's dignity, courage, leadership, and modesty
made him a hero on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line and a
revered American icon who is recognized today as the
nation's preeminent military leader. Clouds of
Glory features dozens of stunning illustrations, some
never before seen, including twelve pages of color,
twenty-four pages of black-and-white, and nearly fifty
in-text battle maps.
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