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Preface 11
A Chronology of Events in Lee's Life 13
1 The Best Confederate Generals 15
2 A New Way to Fast 15
3 Fire Power 15
4 True History 16
5 Ask Caesar 17
6 He's No Little Shaver 17
7 Lee with His Children 18
8 Brandy, Anyone? 18
9 His Popular Hat 19
10 A Bridal Party Prank 19
11 Top Hat: A Teapot Warmer 19
12 Jeb's Music 20
13 "Come In, Captain" 20
14 Prayers 20
15 A Honeymoon or a Wake? 21
16 Not Kissable 21
17 Can't Spare It! 22
18 A "Lie" 22
19 Contagion 23
20 Nauseous Water 23
21 Lee Was Hit, but Not Hurt 24
22 Honest Meat? 24
23 Lee's Math: X + Y = Headache 25
24 Not Shot, Yet 25
25 Never Marry a Preacher 26
26 Ug-Lee 26
27 A Good Kind of Coward 26
28 Horsing Around 27
29 Tough Biscuits 27
30 New York City Danger 27
31 A Fine "Howdy Do" 28
32 Death at the Lighthouse 28
33 A Bible, Use It! 29
34 Streams, Rivulets, and Brooks 29
35 You Protest Too Much! 30
36 High Church/Low Church Controversy 30
37 Ill 31
38 The Tennessee Line 31
39 Pickin' on a Slow Poke 32
40 An Incurable Disease 32
41 Cruel Stonewall 32
42 Here a Lee, There a Lee 33
43 Wigwam on the Potomac 33
44 Powwow 34
45 Housekeeping 34
46 The Minister's Grace 35
47 Healthy Studying 35
48 Wedding or Funeral? 35
49 Where's the Beef? 36
50 The Unstoppable Pickett 36
51 Cannibal Lee 36
52 Lee's Complaint 37
53 Rapping, Rapping, Gently Rapping 37
54 Just Some Civilians 38
55 Politicians 38
56 Bob and the Nabob 38
57 R. E. Lee, MD 39
58 Fighting Dirty 39
59 Better Ask the Enemy to Wait 40
60 How Real Soldiers Don't Eat 40
61 The House of Stuart 41
62 Lee: The Rebel 41
63 Love and War 41
64 Protect the Mrs.! 42
65 Cousin Markie 43
66 Just a Little Thing 43
67 Right Writin' 43
68 An Ill Artist 44
69 Art for Art's Sake 44
70 A Duck Day 45
71 "Bobby Lee" 45
72 An Opinion 45
73 Permission Denied 45
74 The Best Medicine for Depression 46
75 Man's Big Best Friend 47
76 An Unexcused Absence 47
77 Worth Her Weight In ... 47
78 "Apples & Chestnuts" 48
79 Do Wrong! 48
80 "Custis Morgan" 49
81 "Send Me a Kitten" 49
82 Boy, Girl, Boy ... 50
83 Claim It 50
84 An Amusing Mama's Boy 50
85 The Tale He Liked Best 51
86 In Good Spirits 51
87 Pipe Down! 52
88 You Take the High Road, And ... 52
89 Socks You Can Count [On] 52
90 Love Affairs 53
91 Robert Who? 54
92 No Vacancy 54
93 A Spell 55
94 Making Mary Jealous? 55
95 Blood Always Thicker Than Water? 56
96 Laughter in the Night 56
97 Don't Become a Soldier 56
98 Animal Sacrifice 57
99 They'll Think You Are Crazy 58
100 Ruler of the Roost 58
101 Courting Rules 58
102 Fun on Horseback 59
103 The Old General Husband 59
104 Contagious Laughter 59
105 "Rejoicings of the Saints" 60
106 The Horseless Carriage 60
107 Borrow Her Back 60
108 Chimneys 61
109 Claim that Kiss Later 61
110 Agnes 62
111 Keep Off the Grass! 63
112 Mercy on the Bachelor 63
113 Inspection 64
114 "You'll Fit Right In" 64
115 Salamanders 64
116 Breakfast Menus 65
117 Rags 65
118 "My Order Was Not for You" 66
119 Pikes, Anyone? 66
120 Rainy Retreat 66
121 John Brown 67
122 Apple Tree Diplomacy 67
123 Moss Neck Neckin' 68
124 A Lesson about Crows 69
125 Hurry Up and Snooze! 69
Notes 71
Selected Bibliography 108
Index 110

Title: Robert E. Lee's Lighter Side: The Marble Man's Sense of Humor

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Item Number: 9781589803558

Publication Date: January 2006

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Robert E. Lee's Lighter Side: The Marble Man's Sense of Humor

This is a curious little book. As an autobiography it suffers from the fact that it leaves out nearly all of the most interesting parts of Franklin's life. This is a bit like reading an autobiography of John Lennon that ends a few years before he meets Paul McCartney. I'm not saying there is no interest in what is here, but any sort of version of such a man's life that ends well short of the American Revolution is more than a little heart breaking.

There are very amusing parts of this - particularly around how he sought to improve himself both morally, through a thirteen step plan, and as a writer. In fact, as 'advice to a young writer' this book offers some wonderful advice. He would read what he considered to be well written articles and then, a day or two later, would try to re-compose them, as accurately as possible, from memory. Then he would go back to the original article and compare his effort with that. As he persisted with this strategy he would sometimes find he had improved on the original, making the ordering of the points raised more logical or finding a particularly apt phrase that made the point in a way better than had been done in the original. This is such good advice. It is remarkably hard for us to take the reader into consideration when we write - and this method forces us to do exactly that. We think we know what we mean when we write something, but all too often we are only sure of our meaning at the moment we write it, and sometimes not even then. My favourite metaphor is that a writer must 'take the reader in hand'. And that is the level of care that is called for in our writing. His advice on arguing and avoiding words that imply too much certainty in our views is also well worth heeding.

It is interesting to read someone so steeped in the Enlightenment. To read a humanist who, as much as anything else, was keen to see a general improvement in humanity - whether through more universal access to learning (he set up the first subscription library and was instrumental in forming the first university in Pennsylvania) or in finding ways to ensure the streets are kept clean and well lit. In a world so much defined by Galbraith's memorable phrase about our being prepared to accept personal affluence set amidst public squalor, we can look back in wonder at the civic conscious people of the past.

There is something 'homespun' in the wisdom contained here, but the writing is always beautifully clear and this book does make you wish he had dedicated more time to telling more of his life - even the parts on his experiments with electricity are skimmed over in ways that leave you wishing for much, much more.

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	Preface	11
	A Chronology of Events in Lee's Life	13
1	The Best Confederate Generals	15
2	A New Way to Fast	15
3	Fire Power	15
4	True History	16
5	Ask Caesar	17
6	He's No Little Shaver	17
7	Lee with His Children	18
8	Brandy, Anyone?	18
9	His Popular Hat	19
10	A Bridal Party Prank	19
11	Top Hat: A Teapot Warmer	19
12	Jeb's Music	20
13	"Come In, Captain"	20
14	Prayers	20
15	A Honeymoon or a Wake?	21
16	Not Kissable	21
17	Can't Spare It!	22
18	A "Lie"	22
19	Contagion	23
20	Nauseous Water	23
21	Lee Was Hit, but Not Hurt	24
22	Honest Meat?	24
23	Lee's Math: X + Y = Headache	25
24	Not Shot, Yet	25
25	Never Marry a Preacher	26
26	Ug-Lee	26
27	A Good Kind of Coward	26
28	Horsing Around	27
29	Tough Biscuits	27
30	New York City Danger	27
31	A Fine "Howdy Do"	28
32	Death at the Lighthouse	28
33	A Bible, Use It!	29
34	Streams, Rivulets, and Brooks	29
35	You Protest Too Much!	30
36	High Church/Low Church Controversy	30
37	Ill	31
38	The Tennessee Line	31
39	Pickin' on a Slow Poke	32
40	An Incurable Disease	32
41	Cruel Stonewall	32
42	Here a Lee, There a Lee	33
43	Wigwam on the Potomac	33
44	Powwow	34
45	Housekeeping	34
46	The Minister's Grace	35
47	Healthy Studying	35
48	Wedding or Funeral?	35
49	Where's the Beef?	36
50	The Unstoppable Pickett	36
51	Cannibal Lee	36
52	Lee's Complaint	37
53	Rapping, Rapping, Gently Rapping	37
54	Just Some Civilians	38
55	Politicians	38
56	Bob and the Nabob	38
57	R. E. Lee, MD	39
58	Fighting Dirty	39
59	Better Ask the Enemy to Wait	40
60	How Real Soldiers Don't Eat	40
61	The House of Stuart	41
62	Lee: The Rebel	41
63	Love and War	41
64	Protect the Mrs.!	42
65	Cousin Markie	43
66	Just a Little Thing	43
67	Right Writin'	43
68	An Ill Artist	44
69	Art for Art's Sake	44
70	A Duck Day	45
71	"Bobby Lee"	45
72	An Opinion	45
73	Permission Denied	45
74	The Best Medicine for Depression	46
75	Man's Big Best Friend	47
76	An Unexcused Absence	47
77	Worth Her Weight In ...	47
78	"Apples & Chestnuts"	48
79	Do Wrong!	48
80	"Custis Morgan"	49
81	"Send Me a Kitten"	49
82	Boy, Girl, Boy ...	50
83	Claim It	50
84	An Amusing Mama's Boy	50
85	The Tale He Liked Best	51
86	In Good Spirits	51
87	Pipe Down!	52
88	You Take the High Road, And ...	52
89	Socks You Can Count [On]	52
90	Love Affairs	53
91	Robert Who?	54
92	No Vacancy	54
93	A Spell	55
94	Making Mary Jealous?	55
95	Blood Always Thicker Than Water?	56
96	Laughter in the Night	56
97	Don't Become a Soldier	56
98	Animal Sacrifice	57
99	They'll Think You Are Crazy	58
100	Ruler of the Roost	58
101	Courting Rules	58
102	Fun on Horseback	59
103	The Old General Husband	59
104	Contagious Laughter	59
105	"Rejoicings of the Saints"	60
106	The Horseless Carriage	60
107	Borrow Her Back	60
108	Chimneys	61
109	Claim that Kiss Later	61
110	Agnes	62
111	Keep Off the Grass!	63
112	Mercy on the Bachelor	63
113	Inspection	64
114	"You'll Fit Right In"	64
115	Salamanders	64
116	Breakfast Menus	65
117	Rags	65
118	"My Order Was Not for You"	66
119	Pikes, Anyone?	66
120	Rainy Retreat	66
121	John Brown	67
122	Apple Tree Diplomacy	67
123	Moss Neck Neckin'	68
124	A Lesson about Crows	69
125	Hurry Up and Snooze!	69
	Notes	71
	Selected Bibliography	108
	Index	110