Emory M Thomas (622 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The life of Robert E. Lee is a story not of defeat but of triumph?triumph in clearing his family name, triumph in marrying properly, triumph over the mighty Mississippi in his work as an engineer, and triumph over all other military men to become the towering figure who commanded the Confederate army in the American Civil War. But late in life Lee confessed that he "was always wanting something." In this probing and personal biography, Emory Thomas reveals more than the man himself did. Robert E. Lee has been, and continues to be, a symbol and hero in the American story. But in life, Thomas writes, Lee was both more and less than his legend. Here is the man behind the legend.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. This work provides a biography of Robert E. Lee, who commanded the Confederate army in American Civil War. It describes his successes and failures, and ranges in scope from his struggles as a youth to his boring marriage into a "proper" family.

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Paperback. Condition: Good. The life of Robert E. Lee is a story not of defeat but of triumph?triumph in clearing his family name, triumph in marrying properly, triumph over the mighty Mississippi in his work as an engineer, and triumph over all other military men to become the towering figure who commanded the Confederate army in the American Civil War. But late in life Lee confessed that he "was always wanting something." In this probing and personal biography, Emory Thomas reveals more than the man himself did. Robert E. Lee has been, and continues to be, a symbol and hero in the American story. But in life, Thomas writes, Lee was both more and less than his legend. Here is the man behind the legend.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Blending official documents and city council minutes with personal diaries and newspaper accounts, Emory Thomas vividly recounts the military, political, social, and economic experiences of the Confederate capital, providing a compelling drama of home-front war that, in Richmond's case, rivaled the spectacular events on the battlefield.…

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Hardback. Condition: Fair. First published in 1979, The Confederate Nation is to this day recognized as the standard history of the Confederacy. This highly readable and fascinating account of the rise and fall of the South during the Civil War has had an immeasurable influence on all subsequent histories. In The Confederate Nation, Thomas integrates the course of Southern military fortunes with the ideals that shaped them. He deftly conveys a sense of how the war itself deteriorated from a quixotic enterprise to a brutal struggle for survival. With a new introduction by the author, this is an unforgettable portrait of the movement that nearly divided a nation. Emory M. Thomas is Regents Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Georgia. Among his eight books are biographies of Confederate generals J.E.B. Stuart and Robert E. Lee, which The New York Review of Books called the best and most balanced of the Lee biographies. He lives in Athens, GA.It is a measure of Thomas's continuing influence that The Confederate Nation has yet to be superseded as the standard title on the subject. Thomas has left an indelible mark on the historiography of the Confederacy. -- Journal of Southern History (2007).…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. First published in 1979, The Confederate Nation is to this day recognized as the standard history of the Confederacy. This highly readable and fascinating account of the rise and fall of the South during the Civil War has had an immeasurable influence on all subsequent histories. In The Confederate Nation, Thomas integrates the course of Southern military fortunes with the ideals that shaped them. He deftly conveys a sense of how the war itself deteriorated from a quixotic enterprise to a brutal struggle for survival. With a new introduction by the author, this is an unforgettable portrait of the movement that nearly divided a nation. Emory M. Thomas is Regents Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Georgia. Among his eight books are biographies of Confederate generals J.E.B. Stuart and Robert E. Lee, which The New York Review of Books called the best and most balanced of the Lee biographies. He lives in Athens, GA.It is a measure of Thomas's continuing influence that The Confederate Nation has yet to be superseded as the standard title on the subject. Thomas has left an indelible mark on the historiography of the Confederacy. -- Journal of Southern History (2007).…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The purpose of this book is to show that the Confederacy not only enacted an external revolution (in terms of its war with the Union), but that it also experienced a very significant internal revolution. Provides an explaination of what things within Southern society were revolutionized and in what ways.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. The purpose of this book is to show that the Confederacy not only enacted an external revolution (in terms of its war with the Union), but that it also experienced a very significant internal revolution. Provides an explaination of what things within Southern society were revolutionized and in what ways.…

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