Gorgeous Tragedy: R.E. Lee's Final Months

by John Ellsworth Winter

Book Overview

Robert Edward Lee was an American hero who became anti-hero then hero again.
Five years post-war, his last seven months were marked with ill health and poor medical care. Washington College colleagues, where Lee served as president, prevailed upon him to take a vacation trip to the warmer South. With dreams of sun and citrus, Lee and his daughter Eleanor Agnes embarked on a less than soothing railroad journey to Florida, but the homeward return...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1949150488
• ISBN13: 9781949150483
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Year of the Book
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"