Robert E Lee A Biography by Emory M Thomas

The definitive one-volume biography of Robert E. Lee, Emory M. Thomas's Robert E. Lee: A Biography offers a searching and beautifully written portrait of the man behind the legend. Drawing on letters, diaries, and a lifetime of scholarship, Thomas traces Lee from his privileged but difficult Virginia childhood through West Point, the Mexican War, and the Civil War command that would make him one of the most studied and debated figures in American history. Neither hagiography nor debunking, this is a nuanced and humane reckoning with a deeply complex man. An essential addition for collectors of Civil War biography and Southern history.