Product Description

The life of Robert E. Lee, hero of the Confenderacy and a giant of American history coincided with the early years of photography. This book contains a wealth of images with captions to give the reader a picture of the man and his times. Lee as commander of the Southern army is an imposing figure. Far less known are his childhood years; his family and home life; his early career as a civil engineer, redirecting the flow of the Mississippi River in St Louis; his stint in the Mexican War; and his tenure as superintendent of West Point. After the Civil War Lee had a third career as president of Washington College (which would become Washington and Lee). Here in the pictorial biography are the people, places, objects and events that intersected with Lee's life.

Product Details

• Published on: 1999-11-18
• Released on: 1999-11-18
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 135 pages

About the Author
Emory M. Thomas is the Regent's Professor at the University of Georgia. He is the author of the "penetrating and sympathetic" (The Sunday Telegraph) Robert E. Lee: A Biography (Norton).

Customer Reviews

Good Complement to Biography
This is a book of photographs about Robert E. Lee, and features photos not only of Lee but of the people, places, and events that were important in his life. The book has some commentary on the photos, but the focus is the photographs, not the text. The book is designed to complement Thomas' biography of Lee. As a stand-alone book, it provides a brief overview of Lee's life.

Robert E. Lee in Pictures
Without a doubt I have been a diehard fan of Emory Thomas since I attended one of his guest lectures promoting the highly acclaimed biography on the man and soldier Robert E. Lee. His words on the death of LEE were most memorable.

His recent pictorial essay embodied in this new publication chroniclizes Lee throughout his lifetime in vintage photographs. When I met Lee's great grand daughter Anne Carter Zimmer, I realized that some rather poignant pictures existed, but this book supports the fact.

This book should be purchased as a bedtime companion to Thomas's brilliant biography of the icon we know as Lee. The layout and selection of photographs in this publication truly satisfy one's soul in meditative reflection. Don't miss.