The Marble Man Thomas Lawrence Connelly

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 army of the heartland.

The marble man thomas lawrence connelly.

Thomas connelly writes a seminal work on the deification of confederate general robert e. Most editions first published most recent. Thomas lawrence connelly home. The army of tennessee 1862 1865.

Lee and his image in american society. 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. The politics of command. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library.

The army of tennessee 1861 1862. First published in 1977 2 editions 2 previewable borrow listen. Connelly s the marble man attempts to remove the stone veneer that historians have used to cloak robert e. The first real crack in the pedestal upon which lee had been placed came in 1977 with the publication of thomas l.

The marble man. Lee and his image in american society paperback january 1 1740 4 0 out of 5 stars 16 ratings see all formats and editions. Thomas lawrence connelly 1938 1991 11 works add another. Lee since his death in 1870.

Connelly s the marble man. Lee and his image in american society. Lee became an american legend only after so many writers portrayed him in that light. 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 politics of command. Factions and ideas in confederate strategy. 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. Connelly is convinced that robert e.

And god and general longstreet. The iconoclastic connelly examined the deification of lee and detailed the conscious effort behind this process by lee s fellow virginians. Connelly in the marble man. Thomas lawrence connelly by thomas lawrence connelly the marble man robert e.

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Lee and his image in american society. The marble man by thomas lawrence connelly 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.