I'm doing a research paper and decided to do it on Robert E. Lee. I've look at a lot of places online and in the library but can't seem to find a good one.
Got any you want to recommend?
Thanks!
Edit: I'd like to try and do military aspects of later war, say mid 63-65 (minuse Gettysburg). Its for a high school paper, so I don't need everything to go with it, I'm just looking to do a survey type thing. No need spending the rest of my life on it.
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"Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."
John 3:20-21
Last edited by southern_belle1861 : 10-04-2006 at 06:02 PM.
Chessa. The reams of information on Bobby Lee are daunting. If you want to wade through all of that, by all means, go ahead. You might consider, however, narrowing the scope of your paper to a more limited examination of the man; i.e., his view on slavery, his view on secession, his relationship with his family, his West Point years, or some such.
You didn't say what the proposed paper was for, but you will find it very difficult to cover his life in less than three volumes (ask Douglas Southall Freeman).
Ole
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
Yes Douglas Freeman... wow. Thought about reading that volume, but decided not to do that as it would take me FOREVER.
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"Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."
Chessa:
If you're into pain, you might take a look at Lee Considered by Allan Nolan. And it's not a large book.
Ole
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
Limit yourself to one narrow campaign or one narrow aspect on Lee. If Freeman can write four volumes on The Marble Man and there are numerous books by others on him, you're taking on a task that would fill a library. Keep it simple.
Wow... thanks a ton! I'm still not sure about what to do. So many interesting things...
I did check out the last two books by Freeman. I think I'm going to do any overview of late war (a brief, breif one of course) battles.
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"Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."
Chessa:
A big part of creating a paper is analyzing your instructor. You can pander to his/her bias, or you can go for honesty and take your chances. In schlepping around in these threads, you've found that anything you can possibly say will be disputed.
Lee was undoubtedly a good man with a gift of military skill. He was conflicted in his choice of sides, not particularly healthy, and older than most of his contempories. He had the misfortune of being the poster child of the Lost Cause movement and consequently bears the historical burden of being a godlike figure as well.
I suspect that, if his spirit were roaming about today, it'd want out of the worship and critical scrutiny. When he was called, he served. Ably. Making more out of that is the stuff of writers trying to sell books.
Good luck with your paper.
Ole
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
Well considering that my instructor is my mom, I think it'll be pretty easy to fine the bais.
Even if I was doing a paper for a public setting such as public school, I would go for the truth.
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"Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."
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