Robert E. Lee: Young Confederate (Childhood of Famous Americans)

Robert E. Lee: Young Confederate (Childhood of Famous Americans)

Robert E. Lee: 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. One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics of childhood have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. These lively, inspiring, believing biographies sweep today's young readers right into history. Helen Albee Monsell is the author of biographies about Thomas Jefferson, Susan B. Anthony, and Robert E. Lee. Dwight Graydon “Gray” Morrow (1934–2001) was an American illustrator who contributed to many comics and children’s books. He was the cocreator of Marvel Comics’ the Man-Thing and DC Comics’ vigilante El Diablo.