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Item Information       Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content     More by this author     Korda, Michael, 1933-     Subjects     Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870.     Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography.     Generals -- United States -- Biography.     Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.     United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Korda, Michael, 1933-       by title:      Clouds of glory : th...       by call number:      973.73092 L479k     Search the Web     Korda, Michael, 1933-     Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870.     Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography.     Generals -- United States -- Biography.     Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.     United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.       MARC Display

Clouds of glory : the life and legend of Robert E. Lee / Michael Korda. by Korda, Michael, 1933- Harper, c2014. Call #: 973.73092 L479k Subjects Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870.   Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography.   Generals -- United States -- Biography.   Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.   United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. ISBN:  9780062116291 (hc.) : 0062116290 (hc.) Alternate title:  Life and legend of Robert E. Lee Edition:  First edition. Description:  xlii, 785 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits (some color) ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 697-745) and index. Contents:  The portent -- "Not heedless of the future" -- The education of a soldier -- The engineer : 1831-1846 -- The perfect warrior : Mexico, 1846-1848 -- A long peace : 1848-1860 -- 1861 : "The thunder of the captains and the shouting" -- The seven days : "The power of the sword" -- Triumph and tragedy : Second Manassas and Sharpsburg -- Glory : Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville -- Gettysburg : "If we do not whip him, he will whip us" -- Lee and Grant -- Apotheosis : 1865-1870. Summary:  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. Well-rounded and realistic, Clouds of Glory analyzes Lee's command during the Civil War and explores his responsibility for the fatal stalemate at Antietam, his defeat at Gettysburg (as well the many troubling controversies still surrounding it) and ultimately, his failed strategy for winning the war. As Korda shows, Lee's dignity, courage, leadership, and modesty made him a hero on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line and a revered American icon who is recognized today as the nation's preeminent military leader. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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