The Lees of Virginia : seven generations of an American family /

In The Lees of Virginia, Paul Nagel chronicles seven generations of Lees, from the family founder Richard to General Robert E. Lee, covering over two hundred years of American history. We meet Thomas Lee, who dreamed of America as a continental empire. His daughter was Hannah Lee Corbin, a non-confo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nagel, Paul C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1990.
Temas:
Lee family.
Lee, Robert E. > (Robert Edward), > 1807-1870 > Family.
Lee, Robert E. > (Robert Edward), > 1807-1870
Lee.
Carter.
Corbin.
Livingston.
Ludwell.
Shippen.
Washington.
Lea y Plaza > Familie
Lee, Robert E. (Soldat)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY.
Families.
Geschichte 1640-1870.
Virginia > Biography.
Virginia > Genealogy.
Virginie > Biographies.
Virginie > Généalogies.
Virginia.
United States > History, 1607-1865
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Genealogy.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: At Mrs. Shippen's
  • The founders: 1640-1670
  • The scholar: 1664-1715
  • The partners: 1700-1750
  • The squire and the widow: 1750-1795
  • "Dear brother--": 1750-1774
  • Politics in Virginia: 1758-1774
  • Ambition in London: 1768-1774
  • A test of courage: 1775-1779
  • Romance in Philadelphia: 1760-1788
  • "The world seems crazy": 1780-1797
  • "Last of the Stratford Lees": 1786-1817
  • From Leesylvania to-- : 1754-1794
  • Calamity: 1794-1827
  • Refuge in Alexandria: 1794-1858
  • Farewell to Stratford: 1787-1829
  • Hiding in Paris: 1829-1840
  • Longing for Arlington: 1829-1846
  • "My country": 1846-1861
  • The general: 1861-1865
  • Final valor: 1865-1870
  • Epilogue: At the chapel.

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