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The man who would not be Washington : Robert E. Lee's Civil War and his decision that changed history

Summary: Former White House speechwriter Jonathan Horn reveals how the officer most associated with Washington went to war against the union that Washington had forged.

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  • ISBN: 9781476748566
  • ISBN: 9781476748573
  • Physical Description: print
    369 pages 25 cm
  • Edition: First Scribner edition
  • Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note: 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.
Subject: Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward) 1807-1870
Washington, George 1732-1799 Influence
Generals Confederate States of America Biography
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Biography
Genre: Biographies.

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  • 6 of 6 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 4 of 4 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

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