{"product_id":"reading-the-man-a-portrait-of-robert-e-lee-through-his-private-letters-9780143113904","title":"Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"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.com \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn \"unorthodox, critical, and engaging biography\" (\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e) - Winner of The Lincoln Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert 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 Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and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. Explained for the first time in the context of the young United States's tumultuous societal developments, Lee's actions reveal a man forced to play a leading role in the formation of the nation at the cost of his private happiness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10226076\"\u003eElizabeth Brown Pryor\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.38h x 5.50w x 1.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143113904\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143113909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO006000\"\u003eHistorical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO008000\"\u003eMilitary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036050\"\u003eUnited States | Civil War Period (1850-1877)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Brown Pryor (1951-2015)\u003c\/b\u003e combined careers as an award-winning historian and a senior diplomat in the American Foreign Service. She was the author of the biography \u003ci\u003eClara Barton: Professional Angel\u003c\/i\u003e, considered the authoritative work on the founder of the American Red Cross, and \u003ci\u003eReading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2008 Lincoln Prize, the 2007 Jefferson Davis Award, the 2008 Richard B. Harwell Book Award, and the 2007 Richard S. Slatten Award for Excellence in Virginia Biography. Her final book, \u003ci\u003eSix Encounters With Lincoln: A President Confronts Democracy and Its Demons\u003c\/i\u003e, was published posthumously in February 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42682572833005,"sku":"9780143113904","price":33.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_d25e34a2-282a-427d-b624-f6a40ea7155e.jpg?v=1649724627","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/reading-the-man-a-portrait-of-robert-e-lee-through-his-private-letters-9780143113904","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}