Lee and Grant: A Dual Biography

Lee and Grant: A Dual Biography

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A dramatic and intimate portrait of Lee and Grant explores their very different personalities--Grant, the seasoned soldier with a penchant for liquor, and Lee, the handsome and aristocratic crusader---and delves into the minds, personalities, virtues, vices, and passions of these two great historical figures. Reissue.

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