I am especially grateful to Judy Hynson, the director of Research and Library Collections at Stratford Hall, for opening the doors to the duPont library, for sharing her wisdom on all things Lee, and for putting up with my very frequent queries. Thanks also go to Deborah Grosvenor for taking on the project in the first place and to Jamie Simko for enduring it. Friends and family also provided invaluable support during the writing of this book, and in many cases long before it. I’m indebted to them.