Robert E. Lee in War and Peace (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | knygos.lt

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Robert E. Lee is well known as a Confederate general and as an educator later in life, but most people are exposed to the same handful of images of one of AmericaOCOs most famous sons. It has been almost seven decades since anyone has attempted a serious study of Lee in photographs, and with Don HopkinsOCOs painstakingly researched and lavishly illustrated Robert E. Lee in War and Peace, the wait is finally over.Dr. Hopkins, a Mississippi surgeon and lifelong student of the Civil War and Southern history with a recent interest in Robert E. LeeOCOs from life photographs, scoured manuscript repositories and private collections across the country to locate every known Lee image (61 in all) in existence today. The detailed text accompanying these images provides a sweeping history of LeeOCOs life and a compelling discussion of antique photography, with biographical sketches of all of LeeOCOs known photographers. The importance of information within the photographerOCOs imprint or backmark is emphasized throughout the book. Hopkins offers a substantial amount of previously unknown information about these images, how each came to be, and the mistakes in fact and attribution other authors and writers have made describing photographs of Lee to the reading public. Many of the images in this book are being published for the first time.In addition to a few rare photographs and formats that were uncovered during the research phase of Robert E. Lee in War and Peace, the author offersOCofor the first timeOCodefinitive and conclusive attribution of the identity of the photographer of the well-known Lee in the field images, and reproduces a startling imperial-size photograph of Lee made by Alexander Gardner of Washington, D.C.Students of American history in general and the Civil War in particular, as well as collectors and dealers who deal with Civil War era photography, will find HopkinsOCOs outstanding Robert E. Lee in War and Peace a true contribution to the growing literature on the Civil War.About the Author: Born in the rural South, Donald A. Hopkins has maintained a fascination with Southern history since he was a child. In addition to published papers in the medical field, he has written several Civil War articles and The Little Jeff: The Jeff Davis Legion, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia for which he received the United Daughters of the ConfederacyOCOs Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal. Dr. Hopkins served as Battalion Surgeon for the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, (better known as The Walking Dead) in Vietnam. He was awarded the purple heart and the Bronze Star with combat V. Dr. Hopkins is a surgeon in Gulfport, Mississippi, where he lives with his wife Cindy and their golden retriever Dixie."