Robert E Lee by Emory M Thomas

Providing a thorough examination of the life of Robert E. Lee, a biography finds meaning in Lee's successes and failures and portrays him as a man struggling with personal inner torments who found release in the responsibilities of war.

Robert E. Lee has been, and continues to be, a symbol and hero in the American story. But in life, Lee was both more and less than his legend. This probing and personal biography uncovers the man behind the legend. "A gripping flesh-and-blood portrait".--Barrett R. Richardson, "Virginian Pilot and Ledger". A "New York Times" Notable Book. Photos & drawings.