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Title: Robert E. Lee: A Biography by Emory M. Thomas ISBN: 0-393-31631-9 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: June, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.95 (19 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Lee as flesh and blood
Comment: Emory Thomas is ambitious but ultimately correct in proclaiming his compelling Lee biography a post-revisionist portrait. He attempts (with admirable success) to balance his respect for Lee's character and ability (without Douglas Freeman's blatant worship and apocryphal stories) with honest accounts of his faults and contradictions (minus the carping of Connelly's 'The Marble Man' and Nolan's 'Lee Considered'). In the process, Thomas has captured as much as any writer is able the humanness of Lee. I was struck throughout the book by events and words that mirror my own aspirations and failures. I think the highest praise I can offer Thomas's book is that this avid Lee fan and Civil War buff felt like he had met Robert E. Lee for the first time
Rating: 5
Summary: The most objective account of Lee's life you'll find
Comment: Thomas presents Lee in his most human form possible and does a great job in separating the myth from the the man. Lee the man was a great American hero, a model in leadership and character for all Americans, but also a tragic figure in a lost cause. The book presents an objective account of the human side of Lee as well as the military genius that he truly was. I enjoyed the book from beginning to end. Emory Thomas displays a flair for a balanced accounting of this legend.
Rating: 4
Summary: Lee the man....maybe
Comment: Thomas has written a thorough, well-researched albeit opinioned biography of Robert E. Lee that focuses more on the man than the battles. I gave it 4 stars because the entire book was engrossing--never a bit dull. He claims to be middle-of-the-road between the extreme views of Lee. I think he leans quite a bit toward the detractors. Much of his portrayal of the inner man is speculative, in my opinion. While he may well have gotten most of it right, I don't think Thomas has Lee "all figured out" as much as he seems to think he does. His is another opinion on the field of many such. That said, Thomas has delved into the details with extreme scrutiny. You can see that he really tries to be fair. I think maybe most of my disappointment is that I had hoped this book would make Lee less a mystery, and it did not, not for me anyway.
I do highly recommend this book, not only because it has excellent scholarship, but also because it's a pleasure to read--a most difficult combination!
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Title: Lee by Clifford Dowdey ISBN: 1879664097 Publisher: Stan Clark Military Books Pub. Date: July, 1996 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: U.S. Grant and the American Military Tradition. by Bruce Catton ISBN: 0673393275 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: January, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.50 |
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Title: The Marble Man: Robert E. Lee and His Image in American Society by Thomas Lawrence Connelly ISBN: 0807104744 Publisher: Louisiana State University Press Pub. Date: July, 1978 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Jefferson Davis, American by William J. Cooper ISBN: 0394569164 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 07 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James M. McPherson ISBN: 0345359429 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 21 January, 1989 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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