ROBERT E. LEE

In this biographical sketch, Roy Blount, Jr., delves into the honor and character of this icon of the Confederate secession and the Civil War. The unlikely author is known mostly as a Southern humorist, and in this writing he explores both the deep-rooted Southernism and the subtle humor of Lee. Michael Prichard provides a clean, uncluttered narration, just hinting at Lee's contradictory, sentimental, and macho personas. Prichard's work is characteristically top-notch, but his flat, neutral tones seem an odd choice for the life story of such a significantly Southern man. N.M.C. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine [Published: DEC 03/JAN 04]