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{"id":6540600475737,"title":"The Twentieth Maine — Pullen","handle":"the-twentieth-maine-pullen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy John Pullen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fascinating story of Joshua Chamberlain [Bowdoin Class of 1852] and his volunteer regiment, the Twentieth Maine, is reprinted with a new foreword by Civil War historian and UCLA professor Joan Waugh. Pullen's classic and highly acclaimed book tells how Chamberlain and his men fought at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville on their way to the pivotal battle of Gettysburg. There, on July 2, 1863, at Little Round Top, they heroically saved the left flank of the Union battle line. The Twentieth Maine's remarkable story ends with the surrender of Lee's troops at Appomattox.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-08-14T16:31:13-04:00","created_at":"2021-03-05T13:47:54-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Civil War","Joshua Chamberlain"],"price":2395,"price_min":2395,"price_max":2395,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2395,"compare_at_price_min":2395,"compare_at_price_max":2395,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39260711125081,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBC306-Pullen","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Twentieth Maine — Pullen","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2395,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":2395,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780811735247","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbc306-pullen-20th.jpg?v=1614970076"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbc306-pullen-20th.jpg?v=1614970076","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"The Twentieth Maine by John J. Pullen","id":20249735921753,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbc306-pullen-20th.jpg?v=1614970076"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbc306-pullen-20th.jpg?v=1614970076","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy John Pullen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fascinating story of Joshua Chamberlain [Bowdoin Class of 1852] and his volunteer regiment, the Twentieth Maine, is reprinted with a new foreword by Civil War historian and UCLA professor Joan Waugh. Pullen's classic and highly acclaimed book tells how Chamberlain and his men fought at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville on their way to the pivotal battle of Gettysburg. There, on July 2, 1863, at Little Round Top, they heroically saved the left flank of the Union battle line. The Twentieth Maine's remarkable story ends with the surrender of Lee's troops at Appomattox.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
The Twentieth Maine by John J. Pullen

The Twentieth Maine — Pullen

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By John Pullen The fascinating story of Joshua Chamberlain [Bowdoin Class of 1852] and his volunteer regiment, the Twentieth Maine, is reprinted with a new foreword by Civil War historian and UCLA professor Joan Waugh. Pullen's classic and highly acclaimed book tells how Chamberlain and his men fought at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellors...


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{"id":6538928881753,"title":"At Every Hazard: Joshua Chamberlain and the Civil War","handle":"at-every-hazard-joshua-chamberlain-and-the-civil-war","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Matthew Langdon Cost\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJoshua Chamberlain and the Civil War: At Every Hazard\u003c\/em\u003e is a historical novel about one of that war’s genuine heroes, a college professor with no formal military training who, together with a small company of men, turned the tide of the battle and the war with a bayonet charge at Gettysburg. This was not the end of his exploits, however, and by war’s end, he was so respected that Ulysses S. Grant chose Chamberlain [Bowdoin 1852] to accept the South’s surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia. The novel traces his evolution from an arrogant, overbearing professor to unwitting and unlikely hero and leader of men. Interwoven are subplots including the coming of age of his young orphaned aide, a complicated marriage, and of course, lots of rousing battle scenes.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-08-11T15:12:43-04:00","created_at":"2021-03-03T16:24:21-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Civil War","Joshua Chamberlain"],"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":39256839290969,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBC294-Cost","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"At Every Hazard: Joshua Chamberlain and the Civil War","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1600,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1600,"inventory_quantity":5,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781511527965","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbc294-cost-jlc.jpg?v=1614806697"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbc294-cost-jlc.jpg?v=1614806697","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Joshua Chamberlain and the Civil War: At Every Hazard, by Matthew Langdon Cost","id":20240098066521,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":552,"width":552,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbc294-cost-jlc.jpg?v=1614806697"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":552,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbc294-cost-jlc.jpg?v=1614806697","width":552}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Matthew Langdon Cost\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJoshua Chamberlain and the Civil War: At Every Hazard\u003c\/em\u003e is a historical novel about one of that war’s genuine heroes, a college professor with no formal military training who, together with a small company of men, turned the tide of the battle and the war with a bayonet charge at Gettysburg. This was not the end of his exploits, however, and by war’s end, he was so respected that Ulysses S. Grant chose Chamberlain [Bowdoin 1852] to accept the South’s surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia. The novel traces his evolution from an arrogant, overbearing professor to unwitting and unlikely hero and leader of men. Interwoven are subplots including the coming of age of his young orphaned aide, a complicated marriage, and of course, lots of rousing battle scenes.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
Joshua Chamberlain and the Civil War: At Every Hazard, by Matthew Langdon Cost

At Every Hazard: Joshua Chamberlain and the Civil War

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By Matthew Langdon Cost Joshua Chamberlain and the Civil War: At Every Hazard is a historical novel about one of that war’s genuine heroes, a college professor with no formal military training who, together with a small company of men, turned the tide of the battle and the war with a bayonet charge at Gettysburg. This was not the end of his expl...


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{"id":148376257,"title":"Blessed Boyhood — Chamberlain 1852","handle":"blessed-boyhood-the-early-memoir-of-joshua-lawrence-chamberlain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy Joshua L. Chamberlain, Class of 1852\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnnotations by Thomas A. Desjardin and David K. Thomson '08; foreword by U.S. Senator Angus S. King, Jr. H\u003cspan\u003e‘07\u003c\/span\u003e; edited by Richard Lindemann\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished in Commemoration of the Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoshua Lawrence Chamberlain's early memoir is published in its entirety here for the first time.  In his own words, he recounts his childhood—playing with his siblings, hunting and haying, Sunday socials—coming of age at Bowdoin College and the Bangor Theological Seminary, forming his own family with his wife, Fanny, and closing with his departure from Brunswick, Maine, to combat Southern secession and preserve the Union. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- From the back cover. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I consider myself a modest student of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain but never knew him so well until reading the pages that follow.  What a revelation—for here are the origins of his extraordinary character, insights into his amazing intellect, and a vivid demonstration of his command of elegant prose....\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- U.S. Senator Angus S. King, Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-07-29T16:40:48-04:00","created_at":"2013-07-26T09:09:19-04:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Joshua Chamberlain"],"price":1595,"price_min":1595,"price_max":1595,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1595,"compare_at_price_min":1595,"compare_at_price_max":1595,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":338997165,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBC027-Chamberlain","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Blessed Boyhood — Chamberlain 1852","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1595,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1595,"inventory_quantity":32,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780916606435","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbc027-chamberlain-blessed.jpg?v=1614026701"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbc027-chamberlain-blessed.jpg?v=1614026701","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Cover of Blessed Boyhood by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Bowdoin Class of 1852","id":7515996586073,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbc027-chamberlain-blessed.jpg?v=1614026701"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbc027-chamberlain-blessed.jpg?v=1614026701","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy Joshua L. Chamberlain, Class of 1852\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnnotations by Thomas A. Desjardin and David K. Thomson '08; foreword by U.S. Senator Angus S. King, Jr. H\u003cspan\u003e‘07\u003c\/span\u003e; edited by Richard Lindemann\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished in Commemoration of the Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoshua Lawrence Chamberlain's early memoir is published in its entirety here for the first time.  In his own words, he recounts his childhood—playing with his siblings, hunting and haying, Sunday socials—coming of age at Bowdoin College and the Bangor Theological Seminary, forming his own family with his wife, Fanny, and closing with his departure from Brunswick, Maine, to combat Southern secession and preserve the Union. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- From the back cover. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I consider myself a modest student of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain but never knew him so well until reading the pages that follow.  What a revelation—for here are the origins of his extraordinary character, insights into his amazing intellect, and a vivid demonstration of his command of elegant prose....\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- U.S. Senator Angus S. King, Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
Cover of Blessed Boyhood by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Bowdoin Class of 1852

Blessed Boyhood — Chamberlain 1852

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By Joshua L. Chamberlain, Class of 1852 Annotations by Thomas A. Desjardin and David K. Thomson '08; foreword by U.S. Senator Angus S. King, Jr. H‘07; edited by Richard Lindemann Published in Commemoration of the Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's early memoir is published in its entirety here for the first ...


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