Missing the South
Missing the South? Explore a curated list of books about the South, from Shelby Foote's Civil War narrative to Gone with the Wind and Robert E. Lee biographies.
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The Politically Incorrect Guide(tm) to American History (Politically Incorrect Guides)
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The Mitford Years Boxed Set Volumes 1-3
by Jan Karon
Mitford rector Father Tim faces the new challenges of matrimony after he marries his vivacious Cynthia, from the trials and tribulations of the parish's new computer, to redecorating the rectory, to his dog's new sleeping arrangements.
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The Civil War, a Narrative
by Shelby Foote
Follows the course of the war from 1862 to 1864, discusses the strategies of both sides in major battles, and assesses the performance of the Union generals
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Lee
by Douglas Southall Freeman
Douglas Southall Freeman’s Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Robert E. Lee was greeted with critical acclaim when it was first published in 1935. This reissue chronicles all the major aspects and highlights of the general’s military career, from his stunning accomplishments in the Mexican War to the humbling surrender at Appomattox. More than just a military leader, Lee embodied all the conflicts of his time. The son of a Revolutionary War hero and related by marriage to George Washington, he was the product of young America’s elite. When Abraham Lincoln offered him command of the United States Army, however, he choose to lead the confederate ranks, convinced that his first loyalty lay with his native Virginia. Although a member of the planter class, he felt that slavery was “a moral and political evil.” Aloof and somber, he nevertheless continually inspired his men by his deep concern for their personal welfare. Freeman’s biography is the full portrait of a great American—a distinguished, scholarly, yet eminently readable classic that has linked Freeman to Lee as irrevocably as Boswell to Dr. Johnson.
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Robert E. Lee
by John Dwyer
Picking up where "Stonewall" left off, "Robert E. Lee" masterfully re-creates the final years of the Civil War, as well as the final years of Lee's life. This novel will show that Lee's greatest service to America was in those final years as he became the moral, civic, and racial leader of the postwar South.
