Robert E. Lee and me : a Southerner's reckoning with the myth of the Lost Cause /

Robert E. Lee and me : a Southerner's reckoning with the myth of the Lost Cause /

In a forceful but humane narrative, former soldier and head of the West Point history department Ty Seidule's Robert E. Lee and Me challenges the myths and lies of the Confederate legacy and explores why some of this country's oldest wounds have never healed. Ty Seidule grew up revering Ro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Seidule, Ty (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, [2020]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Lee, Robert E. > (Robert Edward), > 1807-1870 > Influence.
Seidule, Ty.
Racism > History > Study and teaching > Social aspects > United States.
Whites > Race identity > Study and teaching > Social aspects > United States.
Historians > United States > Biography.
HISTORY / United States / General.
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.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.