#1. Ty Seidule & the Myth of the Lost Cause

99pages interviews Ty Seidule, author of "Robert E. Lee & Me"--one of NPR's Staff Picks for 2021-- is part memoir, part history discussing the pervasion of Confederate legacy in modern society. Robert E. Lee in many circles continues to be regarded as a hero-- if not worshiped--with much of his actual horrific and selfish decisions masked in order to save face.  From an honest and scientific perspective, Seidule discusses the reality of Lee's motivations and actions, as well as the affect the persistent "lost cause myth" plays in the minds of the privileged south.