Traitor. Divider. Defender of slavery. This damning portrayal of Robert E. Lee has persisted through 150 years of history books. And yet it has no basis in fact.In the spirit of bold restoration, Lee: A Life of Virtue reveals the true Leeùpassionate patriot, caring son, devoted husband, doting father, donÆt-tread-on-me Virginian, Godfearing Christian.Weaving forgotten facts and revelations (Lee considered slavery a moral outrage) with striking personal details (for years he carried his weakened mother to and from her carriage), biographer John Perry crafts a compelling treatment of the virtuous warrior who endured withering opposition and sacrificed all to stand for Constitutional freedoms.
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"More about Lee the man than the General. Family man, God fearing Christian, believed slavery to be a moral outrage. A great general and leader but a better man."
— Joseph (4 out of 5 stars)
" Good, but brief. "
— Dennis, 4/27/2012John Perry is a former advertising copywriter and founder of Wolf, Perry & Clark Music and American Network Radio. He is the author of Sergeant Alvin York; Unshakable Faith, a dual biography of Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver; and Lady of Arlington, the biography of Mary Custis Lee, wife of Robert E. Lee. His Letters to God was a New York Times bestseller. He now lives in Nashville.
William Dufris attended the University of Southern Maine in Portland-Gorham before pursuing a career in voice work in London and then the United States. He has won more than twenty AudioFile Earphones Awards, was voted one of the Best Voices at the End of the Century by AudioFile magazine, and won the prestigious Audie Award in 2012 for best nonfiction narration. He lives with his family in Maine.