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Lee: The Last Years Paperback – September 2, 1998

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After his surrender at Appomattox, Robert E. Lee lived only another five years - the forgotten chapter of an extraordinary life. These were his finest hours, when he did more than any other American to heal the wounds between North and South. Flood draws on new research to create an intensely human and a "wonderful, tragic, and powerful . . . story for which we have been waiting over a century" (Theodore H. White).

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Mariner Books
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September 2, 1998
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6 x 0.75 x 9 inches
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0395929741
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978-0395929742
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mariner Books; 1st Edition (September 2, 1998)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0395929741
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0395929742
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.75 x 9 inches

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- #263 in Civil War Gettysburg History
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- #770 in American Civil War Biographies (Books)

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Revealing

Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2020

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I have been reading books on the Civil War for 50 years, since my cadet days at West Point, and have a fairly extensive library. Yet I learned much I never knew about Lee's final years from this book. In this era when it's once more fashionable to bash Lee, this is a revealing look into his character. It humanizes him in a way far beyond any of his biographies I have read in the past. Well worth reading. A shame it will never be read by the ignorant mob trying to erase history to meet their own prejudices for political correctness.

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ERIC SKOVGAARD

A Life Worth Knowing

Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2019

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Here you find history that we have never known or forgotten. Here is one of the greatest men America has ever produced. Of course his life cannot be separated from that great struggle between the States, but here is a man from whom we can learn the lessons of loyalty and devotion to causes larger than ourselves. His relationship with his children, his desire to live a quiet life, his enduring, complete thanks to Grant, his kneeling next to a freed slave at the commune rail, and the love people of the South had for him even after the war left me in tears on several occasions.

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John Hare

The Lee few people know

Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2018

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Flood examines Lee’s life after Appomattox, a time that many overlook or give short shrift. He worked earnestly for reunification of the States, even as the more draconian measures offended him and he lived with the tension of knowing he could be tried for treason at any time. He ot only saved Washington College; he increased its endowment and his educational reforms improved its stature. During these years, he came to believe that his worst mistake was taking a military education. Flood does not make Lee a saint, but he introduces him as a college president and patriot. People need to read this book before they support tearing down statues or renaming streets or schools.

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C. Falkner

Extraordinary biography of an extraordinary man

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2019

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I have finished reading Flood's biography of Lee only a few minutes ago. It's certainly one of the most significant works I've read on the entire American Civil War period, and should be read by anyone wishing to understand those times. Lee was more than a military leader, he was American aristocracy before the war, and after he was the lone voice of reason and forgiveness in a country still torn and angry. He is probably the most misunderstood and under-appreciated of all this country's hero's. When you finish the book, you may find yourself wishing he was with us today.

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DebK

Wonderful character sketch of Robert E. Lee

Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2017

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Much is written about Lee, the great General, but this book focuses on Lee's life after defeat. Told as a story that begins at Appomattox, the moment of defeat, it reveals to us the heart of the man as he is tried by adversity and as defined by the 'little things' in life, particularly the way he treated people who were closest to him. The author does an exceptional job of painting a picture based on quotes from those who knew him best as well as his own quotes and writing. I loved the story-telling style of the book and could not put it down. I highly recommend the author and the book.

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ABP

...perspective on unresolved issues of our civil war and its best General who in defeat strove to end it

Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2020

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Perspective for our time from the man most famously associated with the South...this biography on the coda to his life and his efforts to heal the savage wounds of civil war to our nation. His stature and influence prevented a guerilla type conflict after Appomattox. He was a man of his time but also one who sought to bring peace to the newly defined United States of America and by example, provide light to the path forward.

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One of the best books I have read

Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2017

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I was taught about the Civil War in grade school in fairly simplistic terms. When I was 34, I learned from a business colleague that folks further South traditionally referred to that period as the War of Northern Aggression, the first I had heard that term. It was clear that there was more to the story I had learned.

This book was the first I had read about that war since school. It is, quite simply, One of the best books I have read. Ever. I could not put it down. I encourage anyone with curiosity about our nations history or the war to read this book. Fascinating at so many levels and particularly illuminating with respect to General Lee, a giant of a man.

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Trudy

May be the most insightful book about R. E. Lee yet. Fabulous!

Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2018

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This insightful, sensitive description of this wonderful man is the best yet I have read about R. E. Lee. It went so fast, is so well-written, and stayed exactly where the notes said it would. The author Strictly spoke of Mr. Lee primarily and the last days of his career and his life. How this country could use many more like him.

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