Clouds of glory [LP] the life and legend of Robert E. Lee
New York Times bestselling author Michael Korda's fresh, contemporary single volume historical biography of General Robert E. Lee -- perhaps the most famous and least understood legend in American history and one of our most admired heroes. Michael Korda, author of Ulysses S. Grant and the bestselle...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
HarperLuxe,
[2014].
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| Edition: | First HarperLuxe edition. |
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Table of 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.
