Lee at the Alamo: A Tor.Com Original

Harry Turtledove

Sep 2011 · Sold by Macmillan

About this ebook

Harry Turtledove, author of perhaps the most famous alternate-history novel about Robert E. Lee (The Guns of the South, 1992), here returns with Lee at the Alamo, a look at what the great military leader might have done under only slightly different circumstances.

In the history we know, General Robert E. Lee felt compelled to fight on the Confederate side, because honor (as he saw it) forbade him to take up arms against Virginia, his native state. But what if the demands of honor had led him in the other direction altogether?

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Ratings and reviews

A most interesting short story. It's amazing how easily history could change on such a simple twist of fate. It's quite tragic that Lee never really wrote an autobiography or memoirs reflecting on his life...though I recently learned that he refused to do that after Appomattox out of respect of all those under his command who had fallen in battle. Indeed, this is quite the possibility had Lee been posted in Texas when things began to fly apart like they did in the wake of Lincoln's election. I found the president's brief portrayal at the end of the story quite honest and believable. One wonders what might have happened if Lincoln had directly appealed to Lee in 1861 in lieu of using Francis Blair to offer the post of field commander to help put down the Confederacy. Oh, well, we all have imaginations, don't we...?

I thought I was buying a book not a short story !

I like the story but it's free on the publisher's site so why pay for it on here?

About the author

Harry Turtledove is an American fantasy and science fiction writer who Publishers Weekly has called the "Master of Alternate History." He has received numerous awards and distinctions, including the Hugo Award for Best Novella, the HOMer Award for Short story, and the John Esthen Cook Award for Southern Fiction. Turtledove’s works include the Crosstime Traffic, Worldwar, Darkness, and Opening of the World series; the standalone novels The House of Daniel, Fort Pillow, and Give Me Back My Legions!; and over a dozen short stories available on Tor.com.