The Marble Man: Robert E. Lee and His Image in American Society

by Thomas Lawrence Connelly

Overview

Robert E. Lee was both a military genius and a spiritual leader, considered by many—southerners and nonsoutherners alike—to have been a near saint. In The Marble Man a leading Civil War military historian examines the hold of Lee on the American mind and traces the campaign in historiography that elevated him to national hero status.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807104743
Publisher:	Louisiana State University Press
Publication date:	07/01/1978
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Thomas L. Connelly (1938–1991) was a professor of history at the University of South Carolina and the author or coauthor of many books about the Civil War, including Army of the Heartland: The Army of Tennessee, 1861–1862; Autumn of Glory: The Army of Tennessee, 1862–1865; God and General Longstreet: The Lost Cause and the Southern Mind; and The Politics of Command: Factions and Ideas in Confederate Strategy. He received the Jefferson Davis Award and the Fletcher Pratt Award, among other honors.

Editorial Reviews

Connelly provides a fascinating insight into the historical press-agentry through which Lee was enshrined as...an exemplar of American virtues.

Saturday Review

An engaging, provocative book. . . . As a study of symbol-making [it] is first-rate.

Washington Post

An engaging, provocative book. . . . As a study of symbol-making [it] is first-rate.

Washington Post