The Marble Man Thomas Lawrence Connelly

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.

The marble man thomas lawrence connelly.

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Lee became an american legend only after so many writers portrayed him in that light. Factions and ideas in confederate strategy. Factions and ideas in confederate strategy. Connelly s the marble man attempts to remove the stone veneer that historians have used to cloak robert e.

Lee and his image in american society. Connelly is convinced that robert e. Lee and his image in american society paperback january 1 1740 4 0 out of 5 stars 16 ratings see all formats and editions. The first real crack in the pedestal upon which lee had been placed came in 1977 with the publication of thomas l.

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Thomas lawrence connelly 1938 1991 11 works add another. And god and general longstreet. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. Connelly in the marble man.

Interested in exposing lee s humanity connelly postulates that the lee and virginia. Thomas lawrence connelly by thomas lawrence connelly the marble man robert e. The iconoclastic connelly examined the deification of lee and detailed the conscious effort behind this process by lee s fellow virginians. Most editions first published most recent.

Lee and his image in american society explores the image of lee that writers created during the reconstruction years through the 1961 65 civil war centennial. The army of tennessee 1862 1865. Connelly provides outstanding historical research and scholarship that provide insight into how lee was transfomed from an outstanding general into a christ like icon of american virtue after the war and his death in 1870. Thomas connelly writes a seminal work on the deification of confederate general robert e.

Lee and his image in american society. Thomas lawrence connelly professor of history at the university of south carolina for many years was the author or coauthor of numerous books on the civil war including autumn of glory. The army of tennessee 1861 1862. Showing all works by author.

First published in 1977 2 editions 2 previewable borrow listen. The marble man. The marble man by thomas lawrence connelly thomas lawrence connelly.