Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2024-02-15
Books mentioned on Part Two: Robert E. Lee: A Lifetime of Failure
Robert and Prop discuss Robert E. Lee's career in the army, and his horrific violence towards the enslaved workers on his father-in-laws plantation.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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John Brown's Body
Discussed“His heart, on the other hand, the heart he kept locked away, as Stephen Vincent Benet proclaimed in John Brown's Body, from all the picklocks of biographers.”
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Meet Robert E. Lee
Discussed“In the 1969 Lost Cause history book, Meet Robert E. Lee, uh it rather humorously stated, "Robert E. Lee was the last great man of old Virginia.”
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Clouds of Glory
Discussed“And this excerpt from the book Clouds of Glory by Michael Korda describes the first interaction between Lee and Brown.”
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book After the Revolution
“Yeah, I also have a book; it's called 'After the Revolution.'”
Own book After the Revolution
“I also have a book. It's called After the Revolution. Check it out. You can order it wherever books are sold. Or you can just Google AK Press After the Revolution and buy it directly from Zip Publisher.”