Robert E. Lee and me : a Southerner's reckoning with the myth of the lost cause / Ty Seidule.
"In a unique blend of history and reflection, Seidule deconstructs the truth about the Confederacy--that its undisputed primary goal was the subjugation and enslavement of African Americans--and directly challenges the idea of honoring those who labored to preserve that system and committed treason in their failed attempt to achieve it. . . . He seeks a path to understanding why the facts of the Civil War have remained buried beneath layers of myth and even outright lies--and how they embody a cultural gulf that separates millions of Americans to this day."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250239266
- ISBN: 1250239265
- ISBN: 9781250239280
- Physical Description: 291 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-291).
- Formatted Contents Note:
- My childhood : raised on a White Southern myth -- My hometown : a hidden history of slavery, Jim Crow, and integration -- My adopted hometowns : a hidden history as "Lynchtown" -- My college : the shrine of the lost cause -- My military career : glorifying Confederates in the U.S. Army -- My academic career : glorifying Robert E. Lee at West Point -- My verdict : Robert E. Lee committed treason to preserve slavery -- Epilogue: A Southern soldier confronts the lost cause in the shrine of the South.
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White people > Race identity > Study and teaching > Social aspects > United States.
Historians > United States > Biography.
Racism.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Influence.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Historiography.
United States > History > Study and teaching > Social aspects.
United States > Race relations > Study and teaching > Social aspects.
Southern States > Biography. - Genre:
- Biographies.
Autobiographies.
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"In a unique blend of history and reflection, Seidule deconstructs the truth about the Confederacy--that its undisputed primary goal was the subjugation and enslavement of African Americans--and directly challenges the idea of honoring those who labored to preserve that system and committed treason in their failed attempt to achieve it. . . . He seeks a path to understanding why the facts of the Civil War have remained buried beneath layers of myth and even outright lies--and how they embody a cultural gulf that separates millions of Americans to this day."--
