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Joshua L. Chamberlain - A Life in Letters

By: Osprey

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: General Military - American Civil & Revolutionary Wars

Last Stocked on 5/13/2020

Product Info

Title
Joshua L. Chamberlain - A Life in Letters
Publisher
Category
Author
Thomas Desjardin
Publish Year
2012
Pages
312
Dimensions
6.5x9.5x1.25"
NKG Part #
2147469413
MFG. Part #
OSPGM559
Type
Hardcover

Description

His life is a remarkable story of perseverance, tragedy and triumph. From an insecure young man with a considerable stutter who grew up in a small town in eastern Maine, Joshua Chamberlain rose to become a major general, recipient of the Medal of Honor, Governor of Maine and President of Bowdoin College. His writings are among the most oft-quoted of all Civil War memoirs, and he has become a legendary, even mythical historical figure. In 1995, the National Civil War Museum acquired a collection of approximately three hundred letters written by or sent to Chamberlain from his college years in 1852 to his death in 1914. Author Thomas Desjardin puts Chamberlain’s words in contemporary and historical context and uses this extraordinary collection of letters to reveal – for the first time – the full and remarkable life of Joshua Chamberlain.