Robert E. Lee

Manfred Weidhorn

Jun 2014 · Open Road Media

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Robert E. Lee's life has been regarded as one of great honor and esteem and he has been a man admired for his loyalty, patriotism, and conduct as not only an American, but also a Virginian. And when he made the decision to turn down Lincoln's offer to command a large army of Union Soldiers in the war against the secession, and instead chose to extend his loyalty to the Confederate Army, his intentions were to defend his land and the people in Virginia and not to fight for either secession or slavery. Lee's patriotism of an unfamiliar shade confused some, but made consequential waves in the Civil War. He followed in the footsteps of his father, a Revolutionary War General, and is here portrayed by Weidhorn as the "finest general of the Civil War", a title he honorably earned.

About the author

Born in 1931 n Vienna, Austria, and living during the next decade in Haifa, Antwerp, and Paris. Came ot the US in 1941. Raised in Brooklyn, attended Stuyvesant High school and Columbia College. Served in the US Army (Artillery). Earned graduate degrees in English from the University of Wisconsin (Madison) and from Columbia University. After teaching at the University of Alabama and at Brooklyn College, came to Yeshiva University in 1963. Made in 1988 the first occupant of the Abraham and Irene Guterman Chair in English. A former Danforth Associate, listed in OUTSTANDING EDUCATORS OF AMERICA. Published over seventy essays in scholarly journals, two books on seventeenth-century literature, four books on Churchill, three biographies for Young Adults, and one self-help book. Appeared many times on radio and television in conjunction with the writings. Lives in northern New Jersey with wife and two sons. Hobbies are swimming, chess, and architectural photography.

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