Who was "Light-Horse Harry" Lee? Major-General Henry Lee III was a Virginia cavalryman, a subordinate of George Washington, and father to Robert E. Lee. He was also a con man, a drifter; a dabbler in squalid land deals. Cole has scoured contemporary documents concerning Lee's life, political philosophy, and character, to give us an intimate picture of this soldier and statesman of the founding generation-- a greatly flawed but hugely talented man whose influence has reverberated to the present day. -- adapted from jacket.

Prologue --Freestone Point -- All Sons of Liberty -- This Struggle for the Rights of Mankind -- A Rebel Captain by the Name of Lee -- A Most Gallant Affair -- Gold Seven Times Tried in the Fire -- The Great Game -- A Fatal Stab to the British Tyrant -- You Cannot Cease to be a Soldier -- One People -- Indifferent Destiny -- Pointing the Bayonet Against the Hearts of our Countrymen -- Cracked -- Farewell Great and Noble Patriots -- Unceasing Woe -- When Future Generations Shall Inquire -- The Sad Catastrophe of Baltimore -- My Miserable Exile -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index.