Background
Thomas, Emory M. was born on November 3, 1939 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of W. Lynn and Mary Morton Thomas.
( In this, his first book, originally published in 1971, ...)
In this, his first book, originally published in 1971, noted historian Emory M. Thomas offers an astute analysis of Civil War Richmond that remains unchallenged to this day. Blending official documents and city council minutes with personal diaries and newspaper accounts, Thomas vividly recounts the military, political, social, and economic experiences of the Confederate capital, providing a compelling drama of home-front war that, in Richmond's case, rivaled the spectacular events on the battlefield. One of the first studies in southern urban history, The Confederate State of Richmonddeftly demonstrates how Richmond responded to the intense demands of war and became a great capital city.
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(“The Confederate Nation has yet to be superseded as the s...)
“The Confederate Nation has yet to be superseded as the standard title on the subject. ” —Journal of Southern History, 2007 “Incisive and insightful…. As good a short history of the Southern war effort was we have.” —T. Harry Williams, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lincoln and His Generals Emory M. Thomas’s critically acclaimed chronicle of the Confederacy remains widely recognized as the standard history of the South during the Civil War. Now with a new introduction by the author, The Confederate Nation presents a high readable, highly personal portrait of the Southern experience during the Civil War. Thomas, renowned for his illuminating biographies of Robert E. Lee and other Southern generals, here delivers the definitive account of the political and military events that defined the nation during its period of greatest turmoil.
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( The story in pictures of the life of Robert E. Lee. I...)
The story in pictures of the life of Robert E. Lee. It is our good fortune that the life of Robert E. Lee, hero of the Confederacy and a giant in American history, coincided with the early years of photography. It is thus possible for Emory M. Thomas, author of the highly acclaimed recent biography of Lee, to assemble a wealth of images that, with engaging and extended captions, give us a picture of the man and his times impossible to render with words alone. Lee as commander of the Southern army is an imposing vision held by most Americans. Far less known are his childhood years; his family and home life; his early career as a civil engineer, redirecting the flow of the Mississippi River in St. Louis; his stint in the Mexican War; and his tenure as superintendent of West Point. After the Civil War Lee had a third career as president of Washington College (which would become Washington and Lee). Here are the people, places, objects, and events that intersected with Lee's life, a full and fascinating pictorial biography. Over 120 color and black-and-white photographs
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( "The best and most balanced of the Lee biographies."―Ne...)
"The best and most balanced of the Lee biographies."―New York Review of Books The life of Robert E. Lee is a story not of defeat but of triumph―triumph in clearing his family name, triumph in marrying properly, triumph over the mighty Mississippi in his work as an engineer, and triumph over all other military men to become the towering figure who commanded the Confederate army in the American Civil War. But late in life Lee confessed that he "was always wanting something." In this probing and personal biography, Emory Thomas reveals more than the man himself did. Robert E. Lee has been, and continues to be, a symbol and hero in the American story. But in life, Thomas writes, Lee was both more and less than his legend. Here is the man behind the legend. Photographs, drawings
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Thomas, Emory M. was born on November 3, 1939 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of W. Lynn and Mary Morton Thomas.
Bachelor with honors, University Virginia, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, Rice University, 1966.
Assistant, associate professor University Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 1967—2002. Visiting professor The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina, since 2003. Captain United States Army, 1965-1967.
(Explains the perceived kinship between the Confederate ca...)
(Explains the perceived kinship between the Confederate ca...)
(“The Confederate Nation has yet to be superseded as the s...)
( In this, his first book, originally published in 1971, ...)
( "The best and most balanced of the Lee biographies."―Ne...)
( The story in pictures of the life of Robert E. Lee. I...)
Married Frances Taliaferro Thomas, August 25, 1962. Children: Emory M. Junior, John Taliaferro.