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MDL019   Great Seal of the Confederate States of America
Rendered in hand polished pewter and measures 3 1/4 inches in diameter.  Ideal as a paper weight or desk ornament.  One left.

Bookguy price $17.50


COM056   Fighting For the Confederacy.  The Personal Recollections of Gen. Edward Porter Alexander  
ed by Gary W. Gallagher
This manuscript lay unknown for 80 years before Gallagher published it. $45
Bookguy Price $29.95


COM064   Justice or Atrocity. Gen. George E. Pickett and the Kinston, N.C. Hangings.
G. A. Patterson
Pickett's decision to hang 22 Union prisoners caused him to flee the country after the war.
Bookguy Price $17.95


COM049   Giant in Gray.  A Biography of Wade Hampton of South Carolina
M. Wade Hampton
The leader of Hampton's Legion, raised and paid for by Hampton.
Bookguy Price $35


COM010  Lee's Lieutenants: . Vol. 3
out-of-print.  Only one left.

Bookguy Price $50


Books on Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee: A Life Portrait   David Eicher
Robert E. Lee offers both a succinct biography and "the" definitive collection of nearly 350 photographs, important paintings, original engravings, artifacts, and significant documents pertaining to the Confederate general. Although the Civil War years are emphasized, Lee's early years, the Mexican War, and the postwar years in Lexington are amply explored. Paper. 238 pp. $19.95


COM034   General Lee. His Campaigns in Virginia, 1861-65.   Walter Taylor.
Originally published in 1906, Walter Taylor's book documents his experience as Robert E. Lee's staff officer. This book is important not only for Taylor's military knowledge, but also for his perception of the character of Lee. Paper. 314 pp. $21.95  
Bookguy price $14.95
  


The Wit and Wisdom of Robert E. Lee
D. Cannon (Ed)
Collected here are quotes from Robert E. Lee, many taken from his letters, covering the topics of Life, Family and Children, Women, Politics, Yankees, and War. On that last subject, Lee, outstanding military strategist that he was said, "It is well that war is so terrible; we should grow too fond of it".  Paper. 96 pp. $5.95


COM033  Reflections on Lee.  A Historian's Assessment   Charles P. Roland
No other general in American History has attracted the attention and adoration accorded Lee, the peerless chieftain of the Confederacy.  Only Napoleon can vie with him for the hold he maintains on the imagination of students and admirers around the globe. Hardcover. 144 pp.  
Bookguy price $16.95  

 


Lee Chronicle.  Studies of the Early Generations of the Lees of Virginia.
Cazenove Gardner Lee Jr.

1997 reprint of the 1957 book.  Out-of-print again, this book  covers the outstanding men of the early generations of the Lee family.  Only one copy in-stock.  Amazon has one for $400.  (Boo!!!) I have a new copy in-stock for  $75  Hardcover.  411 pp.
Bookguy price $75 


COM068 Lee: The Last Years  Charles B. Flood. Roland
No other general in American History has attracted the attention and adoration accorded Lee, the peerless chieftain of the Confederacy.  Only Napoleon can vie with him for the hold he maintains on the imagination of students and admirers around the globe. Paper. 308 pp. $16.95  
Bookguy price $10.95 


Call of Duty.  The Sterling Nobility of Robert E. Lee  J. Steven Wilkins
Duty to care for his mother, duty as a son, a student, a soldier, a husband and father, a general, and a mentor of students at both West Point and Washington College.  Duty called to him at every point of his life. Hardcover.  332 pp. $14.95  
Bookguy price $10.47 


BUS002  Leadership Lessons of Robert E.  Lee  Tips, Tactics, and Strategies for leaders and managers.
Bil Holton, Ph. D.

These pages represent the quintessence of Robert E. Lee's leadership wisdom and personal integrity.  Leaders and aspiring leaders and managers will find Lee's wise counsel to be invigorating and inspiring. Hardcover.  176 pp.   
Bookguy price $7.99 


CK033  The Robert E. Lee Family Cooking and Housekeeping Book
Anne Carter Zimmer.

The great-granddaughter of Robert E. Lee, the author has taken a faded little notebook full of Lee family chat and recipes, added months of research, and dished up an insider's glimpse of the great general at home. Hardcover.  304 pp.   One copy left.
Bookguy price $24.95