Looking for a good biography on Lee

[Hawkeye]

I was curious if anyone knew of any good books on Robert E. Lee? I have looked on Amazon but I am not sure what to make of some of the reviews. Thanks!

 

[Nathanb1]

http://astore.amazon.com/civiwarprestr-20?_encoding=UTF8&node=61

This list pretty much covers what I've read....Freeman and Thomas being my favorites. I would also check out "Reading the Man" just because it's a good counterpoint and has some new correspondence included. Robertson is a great researcher and author, and I have to recommend Lee's Lieutenants just because it clearly shows what he had to work with.

You can also read Recollections and Letters, of course.

 

[Vicksburger]

I was curious if anyone knew of any good books on Robert E. Lee? I have looked on Amazon but I am not sure what to make of some of the reviews. Thanks!

The Wartime Papers of R.E. Lee by Clifford Dowdey and Louis Manarin is really good. Also, Dowdey's one volume entiled;"Lee" is good.

 

[Hawkeye]

Thanks for the feedback everyone, I found a copy of "Lee: An Abridgement" for pretty cheap on amazon. I will keep those other titles mentioned in mind after I finish this first book!

 

[AndyHall]

Emory Thomas' biography is a good starting point. Freeman and Pryor provide much more depth, but probably not as a first read.

 

[Hawkeye]

I'll see if I can get a good deal on the net; thanks AndyHall!