FREEMAN, DOUGLAS SOUTHALL

sŭthˈôl, –əl, 1886–1953, American editor and historian, b. Lynchburg, Va. He was editor of the Richmond News Leader from 1915 to 1949, when he retired to devote most of his time to historical writing. An authority on military strategy and on the military history of the Civil War, Freeman wrote R. E. Lee (4 vol., 1934–35), which won the 1935 Pulitzer Prize for biography, and Lee's Lieutenants (3 vol., 1942–44). He edited A Calendar of Confederate Papers (1908) and also wrote Virginia, a Gentle Dominion (1924), The South to Posterity (1939), and John Stewart Bryan (1947). His biography of George Washington (7 vol., 1949–57), the last volume of which was written by his assistants John Alexander Carroll and Mary Wells, won a Pulitzer Prize in 1958.

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George Washington: A Biography - Vol. 1
Book by Douglas Southall Freeman; Charles Scribners Sons, 1948
Subjects: Washington, George--1732-1799
...GEORGE WASHINGTON BOOKS BY DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN GEORGE WASHINGTON LEES...WASHINGTON A BIOGRAPHY By Douglas Southall Freeman VOLUME ONE YOUNG WASHINGTON...nation still is young. DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN Westbourne, Richmond...
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The Bitter Years: MacArthur and Sutherland
Book by Paul P. Rogers; Praeger Publishers, 1991
Subjects: Macarthur, Douglas--1880-1964, Rogers, Paul P, Soldiers--United States--Biography, Sutherland, Richard K, United States--Army--Biography, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines, World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives, American
...statement. Eichelberger reports that Douglas Southall Freeman was misled on a similar point. Freeman visited MacArthur shortly after the war...of the campaigns. MacArthur remarked to Freeman that he had moved his headquarters up...
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Managing White Supremacy: Race, Politics, and Citizenship in Jim Crow Virginia
Book by J. Douglas Smith; University of North Carolina Press, 2002
Subjects: African Americans--Civil Rights--Virginia--History--20th Century, African Americans--Segregation--Virginia--History--20th Century, Citizenship--Virginia--History--20th Century, Elite (Social Sciences)--Virginia--History--20th Century, Virginia--Politics And Government--1865-1950, Virginia--Race Relations, Virginia--Race Relations--Political Aspects, Whites--Virginia--Politics And Government--20th Century
...Mason, ca. 1920s 214 Douglas Southall Freeman, editor of the Richmond...HILL, 1985 In March 1929 Douglas Southall Freeman, the editor of the Richmond...segregation ordinance in 1929, Douglas Southall Freeman understood just how diffcult...
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Roots of Conflict: British Armed Forces and Colonial Americans, 1677-1763
Book by Douglas Edward Leach; University of North Carolina Press, 1986
Subjects: Great Britain--Armed Forces--History--17th Century, Great Britain--Armed Forces--History--18th Century, United States--History, Military--To 1900, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes
...AND COLONIAL AMERICANS, 1677-1763 DOUGLAS EDWARD LEACH THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Leach Douglas Edward, 1920- Roots of conflict. Bibliography...you now hold, belongs to her also. Douglas Edward Leach Nashville, Tennessee August...
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Global AIDS Policy
Book by Douglas A. Feldman; Bergin & Garvey, 1994
Subjects: Aids (Disease)--Government Policy
...Global AIDS Policy_____ EDITED BY DOUGLAS A. FELDMAN BG BERGIN GARVEY Westport...Data Global AIDS policy / edited by Douglas A. Feldman. p. cm. Chiefly previously...Disease --Government policy. I. Feldman, Douglas A.II. Society for Applied Anthropology...
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Douglas Southall Freeman
Journal article by Frank E. Vandiver; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 69, 2003
Subjects: Douglas Southall Freeman (Book)
Douglas Southall Freeman. by Frank E. Vandiver...task. David E. Johnson succeeds. Douglas Southall Freeman, the author of magisterial studies...There was nothing dull about Douglas Freeman. Though he spoke and wrote formally...
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The Campaign for Racial Purity and the Erosion of Paternalism in Virginia, 1922-1930: "Nominally White, Biologically Mixed, and Legally Negro"
Journal article by J. Douglas Smith; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 68, 2002
Subjects: Anglo-Saxon Clubs of America--History, Cox, Earnest Sevier--Behavior, Powell, John--Behavior, Racism--History, Social history--Analysis, Southern States--History, Virginia--History
...Richmond News Leader editor Douglas Southall Freeman recognized the damage that...thoughtful elites, including Douglas Southall Freeman, never felt the imminent...Meanwhile, white elites such as Douglas Southall Freeman continued to believe they...
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Reconstructing Rebellion: The Politics of Narrative in the Confederate Memoir
Journal article by Andrew C. Higgins; The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 58, 2004
Subjects: Confederacies--Political aspects, Confederacies--Social aspects, Confederate States of America. Army--Portrayals, Confederation of states--Political aspects, Confederation of states--Social aspects, Literary styles--Criticism and interpretation, Soldiers' writings--Criticism and interpretation, Style, Literary--Criticism and interpretation, United States Civil War, 1861-1865--Political aspects, United States Civil War, 1861-1865--Portrayals, United States Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865, United States history--Political aspects, United States history--Portrayals, United States history--Social aspects
...of the two most popular Southern historians, Douglas Southall Freeman and Shelby Foote, focus primarily on the lives...Foster, Gaines M. Introduction. Eggleston 7-18. Freeman, Douglas Southall. Lees Lieutenants: A Study in Command 1942-1944...
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United States Civil War
Journal article by Mitchell Hall; Michigan Historical Review, Vol. 25, 1999
Subjects: Civil war--Bibliography, United States history, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865
...George. The Inner Civil War. Northern Intellectuals and the Crisis of the Union. New York: Harper Row, 1965. Freeman, Douglas Southall. R. E. Lee: A Biography. New York: C. Scribners Sons, 1934-35. Gallagher, Gary. The Confederate War. Cambridge...
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George Peabody (1795-1869), Founder of Modern Philanthropy
Journal article by Susan Atkisson; PJE. Peabody Journal of Education, Vol. 70, 1994
Subjects: Education
...these institutions, still serving, still doing good, remain his everlasting memorial. Endnotes 1 Freeman, Douglas Southall. R. E. Lee, a Biography (N. Y., Charles Scribners Sons, 1947 ), vol. 4, p. 438. Lee, Capt. Robert...
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magazine articles on: Freeman Douglas Southall  - 10 results

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Who Cares about Robert E. Lee?
Magazine article by Daniel Mark Epstein; New Criterion, Vol. 26, September 2007
Subjects: Generals--Biography, Lee, Robert E. (American general)--Biography
...time, and after his demise a team of hagiographers kept the flame, culminating in Douglas Southall Freemans Pulitzer Prize-winning Robert E. Lee (1934). Freeman concluded that there was "no inconsistency to be explained, no enigma to be solved...
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Warrior and Gentleman's Gentleman: Despite Being a Battle-Hardened General, Robert E. Lee Never Lost His Most Admirable Trait: His Devotion to God, Friends, Duty, and Honor
Magazine article; The New American, Vol. 23, July 23, 2007
Subjects: Generals--Excerpts, Generals--Military aspects, Generals--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Lee, Robert E. (American general)--Military aspects, Lee, Robert E. (American general)--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
...to this reverence," biographer Douglas Southall Freeman wrote. "In the home where Robert...developed sense of direction," Freeman wrote, "and an occasional glimpse...and went away "well pleased," Freeman wrote. Coincidentally, a pastor...
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The 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the Century
Magazine article; National Review, Vol. 51, May 3, 1999
Subjects: Books--Evaluation
...and hence, more problematic)." 73. R. E. Lee, Douglas Southall Freeman Conquest: "The finest work on the Civil War...fall of France in 1940." 81. Looking Back, Norman Douglas Conquest: "Fascinating memoirs of a remarkable...
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The Christian Soldier: General Thomas J. 'Stonewall' Jackson: James I. Robertson, Jr. Looks at the Man Behind the Legendary Confederate Hero
Magazine article by James I. Robertson Jr.; History Today, Vol. 53, February 2003
Subjects: Generals--Attitudes, Generals--Military aspects, Generals--Religious aspects, Jackson, Stonewall--Attitudes, Jackson, Stonewall--Military aspects, Jackson, Stonewall--Religious aspects, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, United States history, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865
...Paul: `I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith ... FOR FURTHER READING Douglas Southall Freeman, Lees Lieutenants: A Study in Command (3 vols., New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1942-44); George F. R. Henderson...
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Rediscovering America's Heroes: A Decades-Long War on Masculinity Is Reducing the American Man to a Sniveling Shadow of His Former Greatness. Real Men by R. Cort Kirkwood Recovers Man's Glorious Heroic Past
Magazine article by Dennis Behreandt; The New American, Vol. 22, November 13, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Real Men: Ten Courageous Americans to Know and Admire (Book)--Book reviews
...George Washington can compare. And it is in Washington that Lee himself found a hero. According to Lee biographer Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee "had come to view duty as Washington did, to act as he thought Washington would, even perhaps, to emulate...
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newspaper articles on: Freeman Douglas Southall  - 20 results

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Lee's Biographer Is a Story Himself; Richmond News Leader Editor's Books Extensively Documented
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 27, 2002
Subjects: Lee, Robert E.
...reading matter for the next two weeks was Douglas Southall Freemans "Lees Lieutenants" - all three volumes...prose is now told in a fine biography, "Douglas Southall Freeman," by David E. Johnson. Freeman was at one time the best-known military...
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Lee's Letters Give Fresh Insight into Him
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 22, 2008
...complimentary or critical of the man. Douglas Southall Freeman, Clifford Dowdey and Burke Davis...inflated. Alan Nolan lamented that Freeman as "Lees great advocate is always...the expense of his lieutenants." Freeman and Dowdey especially spent a...
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V. Dabney's Virginia
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 3, 1996
Subjects: Jefferson, Thomas, Virginia
...the House Rules Committee; Lewis Powell, head of the Richmond School Board and later a Supreme Court justice; Douglas Southall Freeman, Richmond News-Leader editor and famed Civil War historian; and a later News-Leader editor, James Kilpatrick...
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George Washington; Showing Founding Father to Be More Than Icon of Probity
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 7, 2004
Subjects: Ellis, Joseph J.
...Ellis, a noted author on the Founding Fathers, rests his judgments on the monumental multi-volume biographies of Douglas Southall Freeman and James Flexner. Washington remains the classical definition of civic virtue, who, unlike so many other revolutionary...
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Fighting Starts, Ends with One Family; Two Houses Were Central
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 30, 2004
Subjects: McLean, Wilmer
...Robert E. Lee IV. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Douglas Southall Freeman gave the dedication speech in front of a crowd...Northern Virginia artillery chief E.P. Alexander, and Douglas S. Freeman, the biographer of Robert E. Lee. Wilmer McLean...
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encyclopedia articles on: Freeman Douglas Southall  - 1 result

 
 
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Freeman, Douglas Southall
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
FREEMAN, DOUGLAS SOUTHALL suth ol, l, 1886 1953, American editor and historian, b. Lynchburg...on military strategy and on the military history of the Civil War, Freeman wrote R. E. Lee (4 vol., 1934 35), which won the 1935 Pulitzer Prize...


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