But in life, Thomas writes, Lee was both more and less than his legend. Lee has been, and continues to be, a symbol and hero in the American story. In this probing and personal biography, Emory Thomas reveals more than the man himself did. of Georgia The Confederacy as a Revolutionary Experience, not reviewed) undertakes a daunting task here, seeking to recover the real, living human from the mythology surrounding Lee since his death in 1870.
But in life, Thomas writes, Lee was both more and less than his legend. A comprehensive new biography that seeks to give a balanced portrait of the famed Confederate general. 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. “The best and most balanced of the Lee biographies.”― New York Review of BooksĪ 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.
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