The Softer Side of Robert E Lee
“Elizabeth Brown Pryor’s newest biographical effort - “Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters” - promises a fresh new look at this Confederate icon. It is based, she said, on a “treasure trove of unpublished or unused documents in scores of archives and attics and trunks.”
I don’t know if I have ever mentioned it before, but I always try to take a book with me that has something to do with where I’m vacationing. When I heard about this particular book, I thought that it might appeal to some of you Southern Culture buffs. Those of you who are Civil War buffs, from what I can gather, this book probably won’t appeal to you.
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1 opinion for The Softer Side of Robert E Lee
Jeff Bradley
May 17, 2007 at 9:29 am
Roy Blount,Jr. has written a short biography of Robert E. Lee that is also a good book to take on a trip.
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