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| The Robert E. Lee Family Cooking and Housekeeping Book | 
 enlarge | Author: Anne Carter Zimmer
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 163797
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 6.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0807854158
Dewey Decimal Number: 641
EAN: 9780807854150
ASIN: 0807854158
Publication Date: August 26, 2002
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Really enjoyed this book! October 11, 2007
I learned more about the personalities in the Washington and Lee families and the history of food. It was really enjoyable.
Fascinating; a window into the past! September 9, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm seventh cousin to U.S. Grant but have always had tremendous respect for, and interest in, the family of General Robert E. Lee. Altho we know that General Lee was a man of impecable morals and a champion of valor and honor, less has been known of his immediate family. Anne Carter Zimmer's book gives us a window in time into the life of the family of her great grandparents and a look at 19th century housekeeping. I grew up in Ohio before moving South and some of Mary Lee's household hints were utilized by my grandmother and mother. This is a fantastic book, warm, humorous, informative and with photos and shetches enough to make one sense that they might have felt at home in the Lee household.
Please, Anne, let us hear from you in the future. I'd very much like to know more about your singular family!
Wonderful Glimpse Into History July 10, 2001
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is a great one for providing us a glimpse into life over 100 years ago. It is hard to imagine what a woman had to do back then to create the genteel life. Every household had to be self-sufficient, as this remarkable volume shows, making its own foodstuff, soap and cleansers. I loved this book and have shared it with good friends.
 Very interesting and informative June 10, 1999
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Anyone who is interested in knowing more about the personal side of Gen. Robert E. Lee and the people who stood behind him and allowed him to become great (his family) will enjoy this insight into their everyday lives and the heritage the author (Lee's great-granddaughter) has had to live up to throughout her life.I would strongly recommend this.
Marvelous weaving together of food and family history. April 14, 1998
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Mix together some spicy ingredients of Southern history, add "receipts" (aka recipes) for food, plus personal memoir, and a fascinating book is ready for you to devour or to send to friends as a gift.
What a marvelous, brilliant weaving together of the family history of the Robert E. Lee family, along with insider Civil War history, social history, food history, family characters and so on, have been put together by Anne Carter Zimmer, who gives us recipes one longs to try. I definitely want to attempt the Charlotte Russe and certainly the Sally Lunn. (Wish I had the courage for the oyster dish where, halfway throughout, you throw out one batch of oysters and add a fresh batch.) When I read the book's first line, "We didn't make much of ancestors when I was growing up," (this from the great-grandaughter of Robert E. Lee), I knew I was in touch with an authentic voice and that I would love this book. And love it I did.
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