{"product_id":"light-horse-harry-lee-ryan-cole-9781621576976","title":"Light-Horse Harry Lee: The Rise and Fall of a Revolutionary Hero - The Tragic Life of Robert E. Lee's Father","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"It would be hard to write a dull book on Light-Horse Harry, and Mr. Cole's is far from it....  The book] contains passages of considerable eloquence.\"-- \u003ci\u003eWALL STREET JOURNAL\u003c\/i\u003e book review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Light-Horse Harry blazes across the pages of Ryan Cole's narrative like a meteor--and his final crash is as destructive. Cole tells his story with care, sympathy, and where necessary, sternness. This book is a great, and sometimes harrowing read.\" --Richard Brookhiser, senior editor at \u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eFounding Father: Rediscovering George Washington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Who was \"Light-Horse Harry\" Lee? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gallant Revolutionary War hero. Quintessential Virginia cavalryman. George Washington's trusted subordinate and immortal eulogist. Robert E. Lee's beloved father. Founding father who shepherded the Constitution through the Virginia Ratifying Convention. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But Light-Horse Harry Lee was also a con man. A beachcomber. Imprisoned for debt. Caught up in sordid squabbles over squalid land deals. Maimed for life by an angry political mob. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Light-Horse Harry Lee's life was tragic, glorious, and dramatic, but perhaps because of its sad, ignominious conclusion historians have rarely given him his due--until now. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now historian Ryan Cole presents this soldier and statesman of the founding generation with all the vim and vigor that typified Lee himself. Scouring hundreds of contemporary documents and reading his way into Lee's life, political philosophy, and character, Cole gives us the most intimate picture to date of this greatly awed but hugely talented man whose influence has reverberated from the founding of the United States to the present day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ryan Cole\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1621576973\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781621576976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Regnery History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 426\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.20w x 1.40d","brand":"Ryan Cole","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44652393070847,"sku":"9781621576976","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_db08998e-9806-4bcd-942d-9294dcdfc221.jpg?v=1704215888","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/light-horse-harry-lee-ryan-cole-9781621576976","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}