Widely known today as the "Angel of the Battlefield," Clara Barton's personal life has always been shrouded in mystery. In "Clara Barton, Professional Angel," Elizabeth Brown Pryor presents a biography of Barton that strips away the heroic exterior and reveals a complex and often trying woman.
Based on the papers Clara Barton carefully saved over her lifetime, this biography is the first one to draw on these recorded thoughts. Besides her own voluminous correspondence, it reflects the letters and reminiscences of lovers, a grandniece who probed her aunt's venerable facade, and doctors...
Widely known today as the "Angel of the Battlefield," Clara Barton's personal life has always been shrouded in mystery. In "Clara Barton, Professio...
A tantalizing biography of the legendary Civil War hero--Winner of the Lincoln Prize Watch for Elizabeth Brown Pryor's new book, Six Encounters with Lincoln: A President Confronts Democracy and its Demons, coming from Viking in February 2017
Robert E. Lee is remembered by history as a tragic figure, stoic and brave but distant and enigmatic. Using dozens of previously unpublished letters as departure points, Pryor produces a stunning personal account of Lee's military ability, shedding new light on every aspect of the complex and contradictory general's life...
A tantalizing biography of the legendary Civil War hero--Winner of the Lincoln Prize Watch for Elizabeth Brown Pryor's new book, Six ...
