Título: Lee: The Last Years
Autor: Charles Bracelen Flood
Sinopse: A New York Times bestselling authors revealing account of General Robert E. Lees life after Appomattox: An American classic" (Atlanta Journal-Constitution). After his surrender at Appomattox in 1865, Robert E. Lee, commanding general for the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War, lived only five more years. It was the great forgotten chapter of his remarkable life, during which Lee did more to bridge the divide between the North and the South than any other American. The South may have lost, but Lee taught them how to triumph in peace, and showed the entire country how to heal the wounds of war. Based on previously unseen documents, letters, family papers and exhaustive research into Lees complex private life and public crusades, this is a portrait of a true icon of Reconstruction and quiet rebellion. From Lees urging of Rebel soldiers to restore their citizenship, to his taking communion with a freedman, to his bold dance with a Yankee belle at a Southern ball, to his outspoken regret of his soldierly past, to withstanding charges of treason, Lee embodied his adage: True patriotism sometimes requires of men to act exactly contrary, at one period, to that which it does at another. Lee: The Last Years sheds a vital new light on war, politics, hero-worship, human rights, and Robert E. Lees desire to do right.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Lee: The Last Years”, de Charles Bracelen Flood, publicado pela editora HMH, em 1998 e com 427 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: HMH
Páginas: 427
Ano: 1998
Edição:
Linguagem: English
ISBN: 054752594X
ISBN13: 9780547525945
