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03817aam a2200457Ii 4500 001 2210D9ACF42411EB9533E30756ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210803012850 008 210603t20212020meu db 000 0deng d 020 $a 1432888846 020 $a 9781432888848 (large print : hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1259018011 040 $a CNNWP $b eng $e rda $c CNNWP $d BDX $d OMN $d SILO 100 1 $a Seidule, Ty, $e author. 245 10 $a Robert E. Lee and me : $b a Southerner's reckoning with the myth of the lost cause / $c Ty Seidule. 250 $a Large print edition. 260 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2021. 300 $a 533 pages (large print) ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-529). 505 0 $a 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. 520 $a Ty Seidule grew up revering Robert E. Lee. From his southern childhood to his service in the U.S. Army, every part of his life reinforced the Lost Cause myth: that Lee was the greatest man who ever lived, and that the Confederates were underdogs who lost the Civil War with honor. Now, as a retired brigadier general and Professor Emeritus of History at West Point, his view has radically changed. From a soldier, a scholar, and a southerner, Ty Seidule believes that American history demands a reckoning. 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 Black 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. Through the arc of Seidule's own life, as well as the culture that formed him, 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. Part history lecture, part meditation on the Civil War and its fallout, and part memoir, Robert E. Lee and Me challenges the deeply-held legends and myths of the Confederacy--and provides a surprising interpretation of essential truths that our country still has a difficult time articulating and accepting. 600 10 $a Lee, Robert E. $q (Robert Edward), $d 1807-1870 $x Influence. 600 10 $a Seidule, Ty. 650 0 $a Racism $x Social aspects $x Study and teaching $x Social aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Whites $x Social aspects $x Study and teaching $x Social aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Historians $z United States $v Biography. 651 0 $a United States $x Influence. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Influence. 651 0 $a United States $x Historiography. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Historiography. 651 0 $a United States $x Social aspects. $x Study and teaching $x Social aspects. 651 0 $a Southern States $v Biography. 655 0 $a Large type books. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 5 945 $a lpt 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20220728020007.0 952 $l BKPC251 $d 20210819154507.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210804010154.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20210803015257.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20210803014540.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2210D9ACF42411EB9533E30756ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search