On great fields : the life and unlikely heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain / Ronald C. White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Ronald C. (Ronald Cedric), 1939- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1828-1914.

Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence.

Generals--United States--Biography.

Generals.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.

United States.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.

United States. Army. Corps, 5th (1862-1865).

Brewer (Me.)--Biography.

Brewer (Me.).

Military campaigns.

Regimental histories.

Maine--Brewer.

Genre:

Biographies

History

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xix, 483 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Life and unlikely heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Place of Publication:

New York : Random House, [2023]

Summary:

"Before 1862, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain had rarely left his home state of Maine, where he was a trained minister and mild-mannered 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 North's 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 Petersburg--and told by two surgeons he would die--Chamberlain 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? Award-winning historian Ronald C. White delves into these contradictions in this definitive, cradle-to-death biography of General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, from his upbringing in rural Maine to his tenacious, empathetic military leadership and his influential post-war 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?"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Formation, 1828 to 1855

Professor, 1855 to 1862

Soldier, 1862 to 1865

Leader, 1866 to 1883

Interpreter, 1883-1914.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: White, Ronald C. (Ronald Cedric), 1939- On great fields.

ISBN:

9780525510086

0525510087

OCLC:

1369512196

Publisher Number:

99995038921