Robert E. Lee: Young Confederate

by Helen Albee Monsell

Robert E. Young Confederate is the next installment in the Childhood of Famous Americans series.

A biography focusing on the childhood of the man who turned down the field command of the United States Army and became the leader of the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

Genres: Biography, History, American History, Nonfiction, American Civil War, Childrens, School

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1937

Reviews

[Cindy aka "The Book Fairy" · Rating 3 out of 5]

I will call this not too bad I suppose....somewhat disappointing however as I had read that he was a deeply committed but there were only a few mere mentions of him and his family attending church etc...seemed to be a more politically correct in a sense anyway; of just describing his family life with the interactions and loving relationships. It felt as it was done vaguely to avoid any reference to spiritual aspects sadly. I have read others in those series as they were fascinating; with or without their Christianity but this particular one felt a little of a let down somehow. Kathleen Ludlinski wrote amazing ones within these types.

[John Yelverton · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was an okay biography, but I have read much, much better, especially concerning this great general of the War Between the States.

[Amber · Rating 3 out of 5]

192 pages of larger spaced print. There are no sources given and no way to know off hand which parts are historical fact and which are imagined. A very poor choice by the author was to call the slaves "servants" and never to mention the word "slave" at all, even during the lead up to the Civil War. This makes me wonder if I can trust any of it or any other books in the series, which is a shame because it was an enjoyable read, and my children want to read more of them. We were able to gleam much into the time period and looked up some pictures and videos of some of the things mentioned. A good "living book." We also researched some of the things to see if they were true and to learn more about them. Another odd choice was to ignore his father going to debtors prison, despite talking about him losing his money and home. It's like the author wanted to sugarcoat certain things for children while also including illness and death. Overall, I think I might read more of these to my children to bring humanization to historical figures, but with continued research and additional narration corrections.

[Toryn · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn’t much enjoy this book, because although it did inform a bit about Robert E. Lee’s childhood, I felt it was a little too staged, and therefore did not pull me into his history as much as I felt it should.

[Thomas Ray · Rating 2 out of 5]

History books.....

[Liz · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good starring biography. However, I do wish there were more dates mentioned throughout the book.

[Caleb · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked Robert E. Lee. He was a military engineer for a lot of his life and then he became a well known general and then he became a confederate and then he became the commander in chief. In the first part of the book, they're moving from their house called Stratford. And he doesn't know why and he doesn't know why he and his brother are saying goodbye to everybody. Then they move to Alexandria and he doesn't know if he's going to like it or not. But at first watching all the carriages go by is fun, but then they get bored of it. He liked to play with his brothers at the cannon and his father was a well known soldier in the revolutionary war. So one of them would be father and one of them would be his soldiers and they'd pretend to capture the fort. He liked playing with his cousins and his aunt saw that and they had a school for the grandchildren for girls and one of the boys and his aunt asked if he would like to go to the one for boys and he really wanted to, so he did. His father was ill because he had got hurt by a mob so his father was away getting better. But when his father was about to come home, he died.

[Daniel Quiroz · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book Robert E. Lee: Young confederate by Helen Albee Monsell tells the story about an American soilder.He was born in the state of Virginia which is nice.He had a really great career as a military engineer.Him and his wife got married a long time ago in 1831, wow. Overall, i thought the book boring at some points, that's why i rated it a 3. If it was great i would have gave it a 5.But yea i would still recommend this book to someone.

[Charlotte · Rating 5 out of 5]

I never give these books 5 stars, but I loved this one and had to give it 5 stars. It took me straight to the time between the revolutionary war and the civil war and the people who lived there and how they lived and things I've known about, but never known who they were. This was just a great book. I really liked learning about Robert E. Lee too.

[Justin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Robert E. Lee married the step-great-granddaughter of George Washington (and his first son was named George Washington Custis Lee!). He was asked to be commander in chief of the Union army in the Civil War, and he said that he could never fight against the South.

[Rosie Gearhart · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute book, though it is largely fiction with a few sentences here and there of factual information about Lee’s adult years. This would be a good intro to the time period for early chapter book readers.

[Heather Ledet · Rating 3 out of 5]

Better for a book club than for gathering information.

[Kristen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I needed something as a chaser to Team of Rivals... =)

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[Nathaniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked it. When they moved they found this really cool fort by the river at their new house and they'd play there a lot.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good nonfiction book. For some of it I forgot