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{"id":161299739,"title":"We Are in His Hands Whether We Live or Die — Howard 1859","handle":"we-are-in-his-hands-whether-we-live-or-die-the-letters-of-brevet-brigadier-general-charles-henry-howard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited by David K. Thomson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany soldiers who served in the American Civil War found solace in their faith during the most trying times of the war.  But few soldiers took such a providential view of life and the Civil War as Charles Henry Howard \u003cstrong\u003e[Bowdoin Class of 1859]\u003c\/strong\u003e.  Born in a small town in Maine, Howard came from a family with a distinguished history of soldiering: his grandfather was a Revolutionary War veteran and his brother, the older and more well-known Oliver Otis Howard, attended West Point and rose to command an army in the Civil War.  Following in his brother's footsteps, Charles Henry Howard graduated from Bowdoin College in 1859.  After graduation, Charles visited his older brother at West Point during the tumultuous election of 1860.  While at West Point, Howard saw the tensions between Northern and Southern cadets escalate as he weighed his options for a military or theological career.  The choice was made for him on April 12, 1861, with the firing on Fort Sumter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eResponding to his brother's plea for the sons of Maine to join the Union cause, Charles found himself a noncommissioned officer fighting in the disastrous Battle of First Bull Run.  All told, Howard fought in several major battles of the Eastern Theater, including Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, and went on to participate in various military actions in the Western Theater, including Sherman's bloody Atlanta Campaign.  He was wounded twice, first at the Battle of Fair Oaks and again at Fredericksburg.  Yet, despite facing the worst horrors of war, Howard rarely wavered in his faith and rose steadily in rank throughout the conflict.  By war's end, he was a brevet brigadier general in command of the 128th U.S. Colored Troop Regiment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoward's letters cover a wide-ranging period, from 1852 to 1908.  His concern for his family is typical of a Civil War soldier, but his exceptionally firm reliance on divine providence is what makes these letters an extraordinary window into the mind of a Civil War officer.  Howard's grounded faith was often tested by the viciousness of war, and as a result his letters are rife with stirring confessions and his emotional grappling with the harsh realities he faced.  Howard's letters expose the greater thoelogical and metaphysical dilemas of the war faced by so many on both sides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2013-09-30T15:47:26-04:00","created_at":"2013-09-30T16:18:40-04:00","vendor":"Algonquin Books","type":"Book","tags":["Biography","Bowdoin Alumni","Civil War","History"],"price":5200,"price_min":5200,"price_max":5200,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":369700961,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBC225-Howard","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"We Are in His Hands Whether We Live or Die — Howard 1859","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":5200,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":8,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781572339439","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbc225-thompson-weare.jpg?v=1614025188"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbc225-thompson-weare.jpg?v=1614025188","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"We Are in His Hands Whether We Live or Die: The Letters of Brevet Brigadier General Charles Henry Howard","id":7515939143769,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbc225-thompson-weare.jpg?v=1614025188"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbc225-thompson-weare.jpg?v=1614025188","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited by David K. Thomson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany soldiers who served in the American Civil War found solace in their faith during the most trying times of the war.  But few soldiers took such a providential view of life and the Civil War as Charles Henry Howard \u003cstrong\u003e[Bowdoin Class of 1859]\u003c\/strong\u003e.  Born in a small town in Maine, Howard came from a family with a distinguished history of soldiering: his grandfather was a Revolutionary War veteran and his brother, the older and more well-known Oliver Otis Howard, attended West Point and rose to command an army in the Civil War.  Following in his brother's footsteps, Charles Henry Howard graduated from Bowdoin College in 1859.  After graduation, Charles visited his older brother at West Point during the tumultuous election of 1860.  While at West Point, Howard saw the tensions between Northern and Southern cadets escalate as he weighed his options for a military or theological career.  The choice was made for him on April 12, 1861, with the firing on Fort Sumter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eResponding to his brother's plea for the sons of Maine to join the Union cause, Charles found himself a noncommissioned officer fighting in the disastrous Battle of First Bull Run.  All told, Howard fought in several major battles of the Eastern Theater, including Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, and went on to participate in various military actions in the Western Theater, including Sherman's bloody Atlanta Campaign.  He was wounded twice, first at the Battle of Fair Oaks and again at Fredericksburg.  Yet, despite facing the worst horrors of war, Howard rarely wavered in his faith and rose steadily in rank throughout the conflict.  By war's end, he was a brevet brigadier general in command of the 128th U.S. Colored Troop Regiment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoward's letters cover a wide-ranging period, from 1852 to 1908.  His concern for his family is typical of a Civil War soldier, but his exceptionally firm reliance on divine providence is what makes these letters an extraordinary window into the mind of a Civil War officer.  Howard's grounded faith was often tested by the viciousness of war, and as a result his letters are rife with stirring confessions and his emotional grappling with the harsh realities he faced.  Howard's letters expose the greater thoelogical and metaphysical dilemas of the war faced by so many on both sides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":107194650,"title":"The Struggles of John Brown Russwurm","handle":"the-struggles-of-john-brown-russwurm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy Winston James \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Brown Russwurm (1799-1851) is almost completely missing from the annals of the Pan-African movement, despite the pioneering role he played as an educator, abolitionist, editor, government official, emigrationist, and colonizationist.  Russwurm's life is one of \"firsts\": first African American graduate of Maine's Bowdoin College [class of 1826], co-founder of \u003ci\u003eFreedom's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, America's first newspaper to be owned, operated, and edited by African Americans, and, following his emigration to Africa, first black governor of the Maryland section of Liberia.  Despite his accomplishments, Russwurm struggled internally with the perennial Pan-Africanist dilemma of whether to go to Africa or stay and fight in the United States, and his ordeal was the first of its kind to be experienced and resolved before the public eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith this thoroughly researched but accessible biography of Russwurm and a carefully annotated selection of Russwurm's writings, Winston James makes a major contribution to the history of black uplift and protest in the early American republic and the larger Pan-African world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2018-02-19T10:36:12-05:00","created_at":"2012-10-09T16:14:02-04:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Book","tags":["Biography","Bowdoin Alumni"],"price":2500,"price_min":2500,"price_max":2500,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":245693808,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA212","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Struggles of John Brown Russwurm","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2500,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780814742907","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba212-james-struggles.jpg?v=1614015044"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba212-james-struggles.jpg?v=1614015044","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Cover of The Struggles of John Brown Russwurm 1826","id":7515651407961,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba212-james-struggles.jpg?v=1614015044"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba212-james-struggles.jpg?v=1614015044","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy Winston James \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Brown Russwurm (1799-1851) is almost completely missing from the annals of the Pan-African movement, despite the pioneering role he played as an educator, abolitionist, editor, government official, emigrationist, and colonizationist.  Russwurm's life is one of \"firsts\": first African American graduate of Maine's Bowdoin College [class of 1826], co-founder of \u003ci\u003eFreedom's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, America's first newspaper to be owned, operated, and edited by African Americans, and, following his emigration to Africa, first black governor of the Maryland section of Liberia.  Despite his accomplishments, Russwurm struggled internally with the perennial Pan-Africanist dilemma of whether to go to Africa or stay and fight in the United States, and his ordeal was the first of its kind to be experienced and resolved before the public eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith this thoroughly researched but accessible biography of Russwurm and a carefully annotated selection of Russwurm's writings, Winston James makes a major contribution to the history of black uplift and protest in the early American republic and the larger Pan-African world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":32899772,"title":"Bad Girls Go Everywhere — Scanlon","handle":"bad-girls-go-everywhere-the-life-of-helen-gurley-brown","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBy Jennifer Scanlon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca title=\"J Scanlon Faculty Website\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/j\/jscanlon\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eProfessor of Gender and Women's Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When reviewing the great figures of feminism, few would call to mind the creator of the Cosmo Girl, but as Jennifer Scanlon argues in her fascinating biography \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown\u003c\/span\u003e, the longtime editor of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eCosmopolitan \u003c\/span\u003eand diva of the New York magazine world powerfully changed the way modern culture views the single woman. ...\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The first biography of Helen Gurley Brown, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBad Girls Go Everywhere\u003c\/span\u003e accords Brown a place among the early feminist leaders of the second wave of the feminist movement. Scanlon's impressively researched portrait shows us that Helen Gurley Brown is a woman of fascinating contradictions, carving out her own unique philosophy of pragmatic feminism, a philosophy that defines the lives of millions of women today.\u003cbr\u003e - From the hardcover.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Paperback.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eLink:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/news\/archives\/1bowdoincampus\/006120.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eScanlon's \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBad Girls Go Everywhere \u003c\/span\u003eFeatured Review in \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e","published_at":"2023-03-01T13:48:28-05:00","created_at":"2011-02-22T10:41:02-05:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Book","tags":["Biography","Bowdoin Faculty"],"price":1600,"price_min":1600,"price_max":1600,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1600,"compare_at_price_min":1600,"compare_at_price_max":1600,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":77643322,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF163-Scanlon","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Bad Girls Go Everywhere — Scanlon","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1600,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1600,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780143118121","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf163-scanlon-bad.jpg?v=1614030526"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf163-scanlon-bad.jpg?v=1614030526","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Bad Girls Go Everywhere by Jennifer Scanlon","id":7516076998745,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf163-scanlon-bad.jpg?v=1614030526"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf163-scanlon-bad.jpg?v=1614030526","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBy Jennifer Scanlon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca title=\"J Scanlon Faculty Website\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/j\/jscanlon\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eProfessor of Gender and Women's Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When reviewing the great figures of feminism, few would call to mind the creator of the Cosmo Girl, but as Jennifer Scanlon argues in her fascinating biography \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown\u003c\/span\u003e, the longtime editor of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eCosmopolitan \u003c\/span\u003eand diva of the New York magazine world powerfully changed the way modern culture views the single woman. ...\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The first biography of Helen Gurley Brown, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBad Girls Go Everywhere\u003c\/span\u003e accords Brown a place among the early feminist leaders of the second wave of the feminist movement. Scanlon's impressively researched portrait shows us that Helen Gurley Brown is a woman of fascinating contradictions, carving out her own unique philosophy of pragmatic feminism, a philosophy that defines the lives of millions of women today.\u003cbr\u003e - From the hardcover.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Paperback.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eLink:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/news\/archives\/1bowdoincampus\/006120.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eScanlon's \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBad Girls Go Everywhere \u003c\/span\u003eFeatured Review in \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e"}

{"id":32895842,"title":"Fist Stick Knife Gun — Canada '74","handle":"fist-stick-knife-gun-a-personal-history-of-violence-in-america","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBy Geoffrey Canada '74\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis brutally honest account of a childhood in the Bronx is a personal history of violence in America and a hopeful plea for the salvation of our children caught in today's crossfire. Canada's childhood experiences influenced his sensitive understanding of violent attitudes born out of fear and self-preservation. What is perhaps most disturbing about the events Canada experienced is the degree to which all such occurrences (gang fights, weapon use, drug abuse) have increased in frequency and randomness, escalated in intensity, and been magnified by movies and media, which continue to promote heroes who succeed through brute force. Canada contends that we, particularly our children, are subjected to a kind of unstated death penalty as the odds of being shot and killed, not even being the target, have dramatically increased. Anyone living in urban America can relate to this book on some level, for we are all aware that our cities have become just as war torn and dangerous as any official battleground. Canada is willing not only to discuss this crisis, but to offer firsthand solutions by such examples as the Countee Cullen Community Center in Harlem, which provides unity, education, and safety for its neighboring community. This book should be necessary reading for all politicians and media personell and for every NRA member who thinks licensing handguns, getting \"tough on crime,\" or \"just saying no\" is enough. For Canada, all such quick-fix solutions are temporary mortar for the ever-widening crack in America's foundation.\u003cbr\u003e - Janet St. John, from \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBooklist\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePaperback.\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-04-05T16:41:22-04:00","created_at":"2011-02-22T10:13:02-05:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Book","tags":["Biography","Bowdoin Alumni"],"price":1600,"price_min":1600,"price_max":1600,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1300,"compare_at_price_min":1300,"compare_at_price_max":1300,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":77634222,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA079","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Fist Stick Knife Gun — Canada '74","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1600,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1300,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780807044612","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba079-canada-fist.jpg?v=1613771473"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba079-canada-fist.jpg?v=1613771473","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Book cover of Fist Stick Knife Gun by Geoffrey Canada 1974","id":7492143939673,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba079-canada-fist.jpg?v=1613771473"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba079-canada-fist.jpg?v=1613771473","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBy Geoffrey Canada '74\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis brutally honest account of a childhood in the Bronx is a personal history of violence in America and a hopeful plea for the salvation of our children caught in today's crossfire. Canada's childhood experiences influenced his sensitive understanding of violent attitudes born out of fear and self-preservation. What is perhaps most disturbing about the events Canada experienced is the degree to which all such occurrences (gang fights, weapon use, drug abuse) have increased in frequency and randomness, escalated in intensity, and been magnified by movies and media, which continue to promote heroes who succeed through brute force. Canada contends that we, particularly our children, are subjected to a kind of unstated death penalty as the odds of being shot and killed, not even being the target, have dramatically increased. Anyone living in urban America can relate to this book on some level, for we are all aware that our cities have become just as war torn and dangerous as any official battleground. Canada is willing not only to discuss this crisis, but to offer firsthand solutions by such examples as the Countee Cullen Community Center in Harlem, which provides unity, education, and safety for its neighboring community. This book should be necessary reading for all politicians and media personell and for every NRA member who thinks licensing handguns, getting \"tough on crime,\" or \"just saying no\" is enough. For Canada, all such quick-fix solutions are temporary mortar for the ever-widening crack in America's foundation.\u003cbr\u003e - Janet St. John, from \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBooklist\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePaperback.\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}