The great-granddaughter of Robert E. Lee shares her great-grandmother Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee's records of recipes, home remedies, shopping lists, and domestic tips.

Describes the life of the famous Confederate general of the Civil War.

"In a forceful but humane narrative, former soldier and head of the West Point history department Ty Seidule's Robert E. Lee and Me challenges the myths and lies of the Confederate legacy-and explores why some of this country's oldest wounds have never healed. Ty Seidule grew up revering Robert E. Lee. From his southern childhood to his service in the U.S. Army, every part of his life reinforced the Lost Cause myth: that Lee was the greatest man who...