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Robert E. Lee: An Album
The story in pictures of the life of Robert E. Lee. It is our good fortune that the life of Robert E. Lee, hero of the Confederacy and a giant in American history, coincided with the early years of photography. It is thus possible for Emory M. Thomas, author of the highly acclaimed recent biography of Lee, to assemble a wealth of images that, with engaging and extended captions, give us a picture of the man and his times impossible to render with words alone.
Lee as commander of the Southern army is an imposing vision held by most Americans. Far less known are his childhood years; his family and home life; his early career as a civil engineer, redirecting the flow of the Mississippi River in St. Louis; his stint in the Mexican War; and his tenure as superintendent of West Point. After the Civil War Lee had a third career as president of Washington College (which would become Washington and Lee).
Here are the people, places, objects, and events that intersected with Lee's life, a full and fascinating pictorial biography. Over 120 color and black-and-white photographs
Lee as commander of the Southern army is an imposing vision held by most Americans. Far less known are his childhood years; his family and home life; his early career as a civil engineer, redirecting the flow of the Mississippi River in St. Louis; his stint in the Mexican War; and his tenure as superintendent of West Point. After the Civil War Lee had a third career as president of Washington College (which would become Washington and Lee).
Here are the people, places, objects, and events that intersected with Lee's life, a full and fascinating pictorial biography. Over 120 color and black-and-white photographs
135 pages, Hardcover
First published December 17, 1999
About the author
Emory M. Thomas
23 books11 followersA noted scholar of the Civil War, Emory Thomas is a Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Georgia.
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November 2, 2017
A useful and handsome supplement to Prof. Thomas's biography, less exhaustive than Roy Meredith's The Face of Robert E. Lee, but with infinitely better image reproduction. The final chapter, with its kitschy knick-knacks and the author's own Robert E. Lee limericks, is most unexpected and rather endearing.
April 19, 2020
A good supplement to Thomas's Robert E Lee.
May 31, 2014
Working on some of the over-sized books in my library, probably picked this up at a book sale. Maybe Gettysburg CWI or Parker Press. Some interesting photographs and questionable keepsakes that people buy (Lee Feeds - Poultry & Livestock?).
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