{"product_id":"longstreet-the-confederate-general-who-defied-the-south-9781982148287","title":"Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner, American Battlefield Trust Prize for History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWinner, Library of Virginia Literary Award for Nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFinalist, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for Biography\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"compelling portrait\" (Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize--winning author) of the controversial Confederate general who later embraced Reconstruction and became an outcast in the South. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was the most remarkable political about-face in American history. During the Civil War, General James Longstreet fought tenaciously for the Confederacy. He was alongside Lee at Gettysburg (and counseled him not to order the ill-fated attacks on entrenched Union forces there). He won a major Confederate victory at Chickamauga and was seriously wounded during a later battle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter the war, Longstreet moved to New Orleans, where he dramatically changed course. He supported Black voting and joined the newly elected, integrated postwar government in Louisiana. When white supremacists took up arms to oust that government, Longstreet, leading the interracial state militia, did battle against former Confederates. His defiance ignited a firestorm of controversy, as white Southerners branded him a race traitor and blamed him retroactively for the South's defeat in the Civil War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough he was one of the highest-ranking Confederate generals, Longstreet has never been commemorated with statues or other memorials in the South because of his postwar actions in rejecting the Lost Cause mythology and urging racial reconciliation. He is being discovered in the new age of racial reckoning as \"one of the most enduringly relevant voices in American history\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e). This is the first authoritative biography in decades and the first that \"brilliantly creates the wider context for Longstreet's career\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-1045989\"\u003eElizabeth Varon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982148287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1982148284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO006000\"\u003eHistorical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036050\"\u003eUnited States | Civil War Period (1850-1877)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036120\"\u003eUnited States | State \u0026amp; Local | South (AL,AR,FL,GA,KY,LA,MS,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth R. Varon is Langbourne M. Williams professor of American history at the University of Virginia and a member of the executive council of UVA's John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History. Varon's books include \u003ci\u003eLongstreet\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSouthern Lady\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eYankee Spy: The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eAppomattox: Victory, Defeat, and Freedom at the End of the Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e. Her book, \u003ci\u003e Armies of Deliverance: A New History of the Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2020 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize and was named one of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e's best books of 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50810678870313,"sku":"9781982148287","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/5747\/7673\/files\/img_8bab3b2a-e199-4ce1-80e0-9d00137f6650.jpg?v=1755528997","url":"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/longstreet-the-confederate-general-who-defied-the-south-9781982148287","provider":"New Jersey Corrections Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}