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Author	Horn, Jonathan, 1982-
Title	The man who would not be Washington : Robert E. Lee's Civil War and his decision that changed American history / Jonathan Horn.
Publication Info.	New York : Scribner, 2015.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 7	92 L4797 H	IN LIBRARY

Edition	First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description	xi, 369 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-346) and index.
Contents	Introduction: the view -- Part I. Antebellum -- Foundering father -- A Potomac son -- Lee's union -- Part II. Casus belli -- Half slave, half free -- Washington's sword -- The decision -- Part III. Bellum -- The battle for Arlington -- The last heir -- White House burning -- Emancipation -- The indispensable man -- The cemetery -- Part IV. Postbellum -- Washington and Lee -- Epilogue: the bridge.
Subject	Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870.
	Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.
	Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Influence.
Genre or Form	Biography.
	History.
Added Title	Robert E. Lee's Civil War and his decision that changed history
ISBN	9781476748566 (hardcover)
	147674856X (hardcover)
	9781476748580 (ebook)
	9781476748573 (pbk.)
	1476748578 (pbk.)

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