The man who would not be Washington : Robert E. Lee's Civil War and his decision that changed history
(2015)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
BIOGRAPHY/LEE,R
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Scribner, 2015
EDITION
First Scribner hardcover edition
DESCRIPTION
xi, 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781476748566 (hardcover : alk. paper), 9781476748573 (pbk. : alk. paper), 9781476748566, 147674856X :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Introduction: the view -- Part I. Antebellum -- Foundering father -- A Potomac son -- Lee's union -- Part II. Casus belli -- Half slave, half free -- Washington's sword -- The decision -- Part III. Bellum -- The battle for Arlington -- The last heir -- White House burning -- Emancipation -- The indispensable man -- The cemetery -- Part IV. Postbellum -- Washington and Lee -- Epilogue: the bridge