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On Great Fields: The Life And Unlikely Heroism Of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
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From The New York Times Bestselling Author Of A. Lincoln And American Ulysses Comes The Dramatic And Definitive Biography Of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, The Historyaltering Professor Turned Civil War Hero.A Vital And Vivid Portrait Of An Unlikely Military Hero Who Played A Key Role In The Preservation Of The Union And Therefore In The Making Of Modern America.Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prizewinning Author Of And There Was Lighta Kirkus Reviews Best Book Of The Yearbefore 1862, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Had Rarely Left His Home State Of Maine, Where He Was A Trained Minister And Mildmannered Professor At Bowdoin College. His Colleagues Were Shocked When He Volunteered For The Union Army, But He Was Undeterred And Later Became Known As One Of The Norths Greatest Heroes: On The Second Day At Gettysburg, After Running Out Of Ammunition At Little Round Top, He Ordered His Men To Wield Their Bayonets In A Desperate Charge Down A Rocky Slope That Routed The Confederate Attackers. Despite Being Wounded At Petersburgand Told By Two Surgeons He Would Diechamberlain Survived The War, Going On To Be Elected Governor Of Maine Four Times And Serve As President Of Bowdoin College.How Did A Stuttering Young Boy Come To Be Fluent In Nine Languages And Even Teach Speech And Rhetoric? How Did A Trained Minister Find His Way To The Battlefield? Awardwinning Historian Ronald C. White Delves Into These Contradictions In This Cradletograve Biography Of General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, From His Upbringing In Rural Maine To His Tenacious, Empathetic Military Leadership And His Influential Postwar Public Service, Exploring A Question That Still Plagues So Many Veterans: How Do You Make A Civilian Life Of Meaning After Having Experienced The Extreme Highs And Lows Of War?Chamberlain Is Familiar To Millions From Michael Shaaras Nowclassic Novel Of The Civil War, The Killer Angels, And Ken Burnss Timeless Miniseries The Civil War, But In This Book, White Captures The Complex And Inspiring Man Behind The Hero. Heavily Illustrated And Featuring Nine Detailed Maps, This Gripping, Impeccably Researched Portrait Illuminates One Of The Most Admired But Least Known Figures In Our Nations Bloodiest Conflict.
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