{"product_id":"2940015389586","title":"WORTHY OF HER HUSBAND: An Analysis of Rose Macdonald's Mrs. Robert E. Lee, Annotated","description":"This book takes a look at the original biographer and biography of Mary Custis Lee, known to history as Mrs. Robert E. Lee. The author, Rose Macdonald, was an intimate of the Lee family. Her father was a professor at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington at the same time that Robert E. Lee was the President of nearby Washington College. The two families were neighbors and the youngest daughter of Mary and Robert E. Lee, Mildred, often babysat the author when she was a little child in Lexington. Consequently, Macdonald had a treasure trove of primary resources on the Lees, especially during the years that Robert E. Lee was president of Washington College, in addition to many personal letters and notes provided by the Lee family from which to glean material for her biography. This biography is close to the subject, and is the premier biography of Mrs. Robert E. Lee, from which contemporary biographers draw heavily for their information. The acceptance of the scholarship and accuracy of Macdonald's work was established by the fact that the eminent and unrivaled historian and biographer of Robert E. Lee, Douglas Southall Freeman, wrote the Foreward. Color illustrations have been added for the enjoyment of those who have a color e-reader. The editor's notes and explanations are formatted in such a way that they do not interfere with the reading from the original text. Mrs. Lee, a chronic invalid from mid to later life, was diagnosed with \"rheumatism,\" from which she greatly suffered. The editor, an academic historian in her own right, has learned and documented the possibility that Mrs. Lee may not have had rheumatism at all, but suffered from mercury poisoning from what was considered at that time, a benign and common treatment. This work will instruct and inspire the reader. The editor worked on the analysis of Mrs. Macdonald's work while suffering from a chronic illness, and found the letters and attitude of Mrs. Lee toward her affliction most uplifting and enabled the editor to face many difficult times. It is hoped that the book will also be a blessing in that manner to many others, that \"she being dead, yet speaketh.\"","brand":"Gary L Roper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47080660009200,"sku":"2940015389586","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940015389586_p0.jpg?v=1763620116","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015389586","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}