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242 reviews for:
Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause
Ty Seidule
4.4 AVERAGE
242 reviews for:
Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause
Ty Seidule
4.4 AVERAGE
The Lost Cause myth has harmed us all. Its insidious whitewashing of history allows us to hide from the stark, horrifying reality of our past and deflect our current issues.
Ty Seidule grew up worshipping at the altar of the traitor and racist Robert E Lee. This is how he broke free, and his battles to help our military to do the same.
Ty Seidule grew up worshipping at the altar of the traitor and racist Robert E Lee. This is how he broke free, and his battles to help our military to do the same.
This should be required reading for every American.
I'm glad so many changes have been made since it's publication just a few years ago. Despite having a father who taught about the Civil War in law school, I still learned quite a few new things. An important book.
I'm glad so many changes have been made since it's publication just a few years ago. Despite having a father who taught about the Civil War in law school, I still learned quite a few new things. An important book.
Growing up in Virginia, the author wanted nothing more than to become a true southern gentleman like his hero, Robert E. Lee. Now a military scholar (and CERTAINLY a gentleman), he has spent the last decade courageously educating people about the “myth of the lost cause” and how that myth has continued to divide the nation today. Interspersing personal anecdotes with on-point historical references, Officer Seidule clearly defined the undeniable cause of the Civil War (SLAVERY) and the collective decision by a racist nation to portray it otherwise. This excellent book should be required reading for every adult in America. Highly recommended.
This book was so eye opening and soooo up my alley. As a former Civil War lover with a soft spot for Robert E. Lee, this book was a much needed read. He addresses all the Lee myths I grew up hearing and believing. He also walked through the Confederate Lost Cause myth and why so many monuments are up in this day and age. I hope this book will change how we teach the Civil War.
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
May feel overly mea culpa at times but is very sincere.
A very necessary read. Incredibly well researched and delivered from someone who is qualified to deliver the facts, knows how to rethink and have the courage to change.
Impactful. Part autobiography, part history, part cultural-political broadside. It is the best refuting of the lost cause myth I have read, and I can only hope that it is being widely read. It would be encouraging to see this is an airport book, considering the eloquent writing.
Powerful book summing up a lot of what we know about our legacy of the lost cause myth and a lot I didn’t. We must reckon with our past or we will never be the country we think we are.
It was passionate, vulnerable, and excellent. Highly recommend.