Best Robert E Lee Biography - April 2024

Robert E. Lee: A Biography

"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, an... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0393316319
• ASIN: 0393316319
• ISBN: 0393316319
• Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

Lee: The Last Years

After his surrender at Appomattox, Robert E. Lee lived only another five years - the forgotten chapter of an extraordinary life. These were his finest hours, when he did more than any other American to heal the wounds between North and South. Flood draws on new research to create an intensely human and a "wonderful, tragic, and powerful . . . story for which we have been waiting over a century" (Theodore H. White).

• ASIN: 0395929741
• UPC: 046442929745
• ASIN: 0395929741
• ISBN: 0395929741
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

Lee

Douglas Southall Freeman’s Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Robert E. Lee was greeted with critical acclaim when it was first published in 1935. This reissue chronicles all the major aspects and highlights of the general’s military career, from his stunning accomplishments in the Mexican War to the humbling surrender at Appomattox.More than just a military leader, Lee embodied all the conflicts of his time. The son of a Revolutionary War hero and related by marriage to George Washington, he was the product of young America’s elite. When Abraham Lincoln offered him command of the Uni... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0684829533
• ASIN: 0684829533
• ISBN: 0684829533
• Brand: Scribner
• Manufacturer: Scribner

Gallant Christian Soldier Robert E Lee (Sowers)

A biography of the leader of the Confederate forces during the Civil War.

• ASIN: 0915134403
• ASIN: 0915134403
• ISBN: 0915134403
• Brand: Mott Media
• Manufacturer: Mott Media

Clouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee

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.We... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062116290
• ASIN: 0062116290
• ISBN: 0062116290
• Brand: Harper Collins
• Manufacturer: Harper

Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters

“Pryor’s biography helps part with a lot of stupid out there about Lee – chiefly, that he was, somehow, ‘anti-slavery.’” – Ta-Nehisi Coates, theatlantic.comAn “unorthodox, critical, and engaging biography” (Boston Globe) – Winner of The Lincoln PrizeRobert E. Lee is remembered by history as a tragic figure, stoic and brave but distant and enigmatic. Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and contradictory general's life story. ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0143113909
• ASIN: 0143113909
• ISBN: 0143113909
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

Robert E. Lee: A Life (Penguin Lives Biographies)

A “witty, lively and wholly fascinating” (The New York Times) portrait of an iconic Southern hero With lively storytelling and full-hearted Southern directness, Roy Blount, Jr., presents a unique portrait of Robert E. Lee. Fascinated by the qualities that made Lee such a charismatic, though reluctant, leader, Blount vividly conveys Lee’s audacity and uncanny successes in battle, as well as his humility, his quirky sense of humor, and the sorrowful sense of responsibility he felt for his outnumbered, half-starved army. The first concise biography of this American legend, Robert E. Lee wi... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0143038664
• ASIN: 0143038664
• ISBN: 9780143038665
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

General Lee: A Biography of Robert E. Lee

• ASIN: B074N2GGTV
• ASIN: B074N2GGTV
• Manufacturer: Propulsion Press

A Picture Book of Robert E. Lee (Picture Book Biography)

A graduate of West Point becomes head of the Confederate army.

• ASIN: 0823411117
• ASIN: 0823411117
• ISBN: 0823411117
• Brand: Brand: Holiday House
• Manufacturer: Holiday House

Memoirs of Robert E. Lee: His Military and Personal History

Originally published in 1887, this important narrative covers Lee's entire life and military career. 6 1/2 x 9 1/4.

• ASIN: 0890096945
• ASIN: 0890096945
• ISBN: 9780890096949
• Brand: Brand: Book Sales
• Manufacturer: Book Sales

Robert E. Lee on Leadership : Executive Lessons in Character, Courage, and Vision

Robert E. Lee was a leader for the ages. The man heralded by Winston Churchill as "one of the noblest Americans who ever lived" inspired an out-manned, out-gunned army to achieve greatness on the battlefield. He was a brilliant strategist and a man of unyielding courage who, in the face of insurmountable odds, nearly changed forever the course of history. "A masterpiece—the best work of its kind I have ever read. Crocker's Lee is a Lee for all leaders to study; and to work, quite deliberately, to emulate." — Major General Josiah Bunting III, superintendent of the Virginia Military Institut... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0761525548
• UPC: 086874525542
• ASIN: 0761525548
• ISBN: 0761525548
• Manufacturer: Crown Forum

Robert Mitchum: "Baby I Don't Care"

One of the movies' greatest actors and most colorful characters, a real-life tough guy with the prison record to prove it, Robert Mitchum was a movie icon for an almost unprecedented half-century, the cool, sleepy-eyed star of such classics as The Night of the Hunter; Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison; Cape Fear; The Longest Day; Farewell, My Lovely; and The Winds of War. Mitchum's powerful presence and simmering violence combined with hard-boiled humor and existential detachment to create a new style in movie acting: the screen's first hipster antihero-before Brando, James Dean, Elvis, or Eastwood-th... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0312285434
• ASIN: 0312285434
• ISBN: 9780312285432
• Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin

Robert E. Lee and the Road of Honor (Landmark books [54])

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• ASIN: B0007DEF6K
• ASIN: B0007DEF6K
• Manufacturer: Random House

Crucible of Command: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee--The War They Fought, the Peace They Forged

They met in person only four times, yet these two men—Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee—determined the outcome of America's most divisive war and cast larger-than-life shadows over their reunited nation. They came from vastly different backgrounds: Lee from a distinguished family of waning fortunes; Grant, a young man on the make in a new America. Differing circumstances colored their outlooks on life: Lee, the melancholy realist; Grant, the incurable optimist.Then came the Civil War that made them both commanders of armies, leaders of men, and heroes to the multitudes of Americans then a... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0306822458
• ASIN: 0306822458
• ISBN: 0306822458
• Manufacturer: Da Capo Press

Lee: An Abridgement of the 4 Volume Biography

A condensation of Freeman's definitive biography of the Confederate hero

• ASIN: 0684193787
• ASIN: 0684193787
• ISBN: 0684193787
• Brand: Brand: Scribners
• Manufacturer: Scribners

Recollections and Letters of Robert E. Lee

A spectacular document of first-person history, this collection of correspondence written by Confederate general ROBERT E. LEE (1807-1870) offers an unparalleled look into the mind of one of the towering figures of American history. Compiled

• UPC: 53264425
• Rating: 4.333

Who Was Robert E. Lee?

Illustrated biographies featuring a range of fascinating figures from history (and current figures, too!) provide great information and entertainment through short chapters and illustrations that will appeal to reluctant readers as well as middle readers

• UPC: 31892709

Crucible of Command : Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee--The War They Fought, the Peace They Forged

A dual biography and a fresh approach to the always compelling subject of these two iconic

• UPC: 50092418

Robert E. Lee : A Life

Fascinated by what made Lee such a charismatic though reluctant leader, Blount delves into the influences of Lee's illustrious but scandal-clouded ancestry: his hero-turned-scapegrace father, and his beloved, beautiful, husband-forsaken

• UPC: 25686923
• Rating: 3.667

Robert E. Lee : A Life Portrait

Robert E. Lee offers both a succinct biography and "the" definitive collection of nearly 350 photographs, important paintings, original engravings, artifacts, and significant documents pertaining to the Confederate general. Although the Civil War years are

• UPC: 44451756
• Rating: 3.0

Call of Duty : The Sterling Nobility of Robert E. Lee

Although the Civil War was the bitterest epoch of American experience, Robert E. Lee was admired and respected by partisans from both sides. ""Call of Duty"" examines the attributes of the life and service that

• UPC: 52931288
• Rating: 5.0

Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee (Civil War Classics) - eBook

To commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the end of the Civil War, Diversion Books is publishing seminal works of the era: stories told by the men and women who led, who fought, and who lived

• UPC: 379898556
• Rating: 4.333

Recollections and Letters of General Robert E Lee

The life and collected letters of General Robert E Lee. The remarkable life of a man who, though by all accounts a kind, gracious and generous gentleman, nevertheless took up arms to defend a regime

• UPC: 10265575
• Rating: 4.333

The Quotable Robert E. Lee : Selections from the Writings and Speeches of the South's Most Beloved Civil War General

Discover the real man in his own words. Read "The Quotable Robert E. Lee," by award-winning historian Colonel Lochlainn Seabrook. Learn the truth about Lee and Lincoln's War for yourself in this one-of-a-kind bestseller that

• UPC: 270923185

The Christian Testimony of General Robert E. Lee

Military achievement was only a small portion of the life-story of General Robert E. Lee. General Lee also served as the president of a Christian College, a Bible Society President, and he was instrumental in

• UPC: 626926661