Joshua Chamberlain & the Civil War

{"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":31,"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"}

{"id":6540769755225,"title":"So Conceived and So Dedicated — Wongsrichanalai '03","handle":"so-conceived-and-so-dedicated-wongsrichanalai-03","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited by Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai, Class of 2003,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eand Lorien Foote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHighlighting recent and new directions in contemporary research in the field, So Conceived and So Dedicated offers a complete and updated picture of intellectual life in the Civil War–era Union. 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Did the Civil War promote new strains of authoritarianism in northern intellectual life or did the war reinforce democratic individualism? How did the Civil War affect northerners’ conception of nationalism and their understanding of their relationship to the state?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEssays explore myriad topics, including: how antebellum ideas about the environment and the body influenced conceptions of democratic health; how leaders of the Irish American community reconciled their support of the United States and the Republican Party with their allegiances to Ireland and their fellow Irish immigrants; how intellectual leaders of the northern African American community explained secession, civil war, and emancipation; the influence of southern ideals on northern intellectuals; wartime and postwar views from college and university campuses; the ideological acrobatics that professors at midwestern universities had to perform in order to keep their students from leaving the classroom; and how northern sketch artists helped influence the changing perceptions of African American soldiers over the course of the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCollectively, \u003cem\u003eSo Conceived and So Dedicated\u003c\/em\u003e offers relevant and fruitful answers to the nation’s intellectual history and suggests that antebellum modes of thinking remained vital and tenacious well after the Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","published_at":"2021-03-08T15:47:49-05:00","created_at":"2021-03-05T16:10:35-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Civil War","History"],"price":4000,"price_min":4000,"price_max":4000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":4000,"compare_at_price_min":4000,"compare_at_price_max":4000,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39261039362137,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA313-Wongsrichanalai","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"So Conceived and So Dedicated — Wongsrichanalai '03","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":4000,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":4000,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780823264483","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba313-wongsrichanalai-socon.jpg?v=1614978686"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba313-wongsrichanalai-socon.jpg?v=1614978686","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"So Conceived and So Dedicated, edited by Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai '03","id":20250188087385,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba313-wongsrichanalai-socon.jpg?v=1614978686"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba313-wongsrichanalai-socon.jpg?v=1614978686","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited by Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai, Class of 2003,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eand Lorien Foote\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHighlighting recent and new directions in contemporary research in the field, So Conceived and So Dedicated offers a complete and updated picture of intellectual life in the Civil War–era Union. 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{"id":6540763824217,"title":"Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine — Desjardin","handle":"stand-firm-ye-boys-from-maine-desjardin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Thomas A. Desjardin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a new preface and updated maps and illustrations, \u003cem\u003eStand Firm Ye Boys of Maine\u003c\/em\u003e offers a compelling account of one of the most crucial small engagements of the Civil War. This powerfully narrated history tells the story of the 20th Maine Regiment, the soldiers who won the battle of Little Round Top. The culmination of years of detailed research, the book uses more than seventy first-hand accounts to bring the personal experiences of the soldiers to life, relating the story from both sides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-07-22T11:37:36-04:00","created_at":"2021-03-05T15:49:15-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Civil War"],"price":1899,"price_min":1899,"price_max":1899,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1695,"compare_at_price_min":1695,"compare_at_price_max":1695,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39261028483161,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBC311-Desjardin","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine — Desjardin","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1899,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1695,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780195382310","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbc311-desjardin-stand.jpg?v=1614977357"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbc311-desjardin-stand.jpg?v=1614977357","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Stand Firm Ye Boys From Maine by Thomas A. Desjardin","id":20250165149785,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbc311-desjardin-stand.jpg?v=1614977357"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbc311-desjardin-stand.jpg?v=1614977357","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Thomas A. Desjardin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a new preface and updated maps and illustrations, \u003cem\u003eStand Firm Ye Boys of Maine\u003c\/em\u003e offers a compelling account of one of the most crucial small engagements of the Civil War. This powerfully narrated history tells the story of the 20th Maine Regiment, the soldiers who won the battle of Little Round Top. The culmination of years of detailed research, the book uses more than seventy first-hand accounts to bring the personal experiences of the soldiers to life, relating the story from both sides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"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"}

{"id":6539559731289,"title":"Drawn with the Sword","handle":"drawn-with-the-sword","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy James McPherson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJames M. McPherson is acclaimed as one of the finest historians writing today and a preeminent commentator on the Civil War. \u003cem\u003eBattle Cry of Freedom\u003c\/em\u003e, his Pulitzer Prize-winning account of that conflict, was a national bestseller that Hugh Brogan, in \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, called \"history writing of the highest order.\" Now, in \u003cem\u003eDrawn With the Sword\u003c\/em\u003e, McPherson offers a series of thoughtful and engaging essays on some of the most enduring questions of the Civil War, written in the masterful prose that has become his trademark.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFilled with fresh interpretations, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, \u003cem\u003eDrawn With the Sword\u003c\/em\u003e explores such questions as why the North won and why the South lost (emphasizing the role of contingency in the Northern victory), whether Southern or Northern aggression began the war, and who really freed the slaves, Abraham Lincoln or the slaves themselves. McPherson offers memorable portraits of the great leaders who people the landscape of the Civil War: Ulysses S. Grant, struggling to write his memoirs with the same courage and determination that marked his successes on the battlefield; Robert E. Lee, a brilliant general and a true gentleman, yet still a product of his time and place; and Abraham Lincoln, the leader and orator whose mythical figure still looms large over our cultural landscape. And McPherson discusses often-ignored issues such as the development of the Civil War into a modern \"total war\" against both soldiers and civilians, and the international impact of the American Civil War in advancing the cause of republicanism and democracy in countries from Brazil and Cuba to France and England. Of special interest is the final essay, entitled \"What's the Matter With History?\", a trenchant critique of the field of history today, which McPherson describes here as \"more and more about less and less.\" He writes that professional historians have abandoned narrative history written for the greater audience of educated general readers in favor of impenetrable tomes on minor historical details which serve only to edify other academics, thus leaving the historical education of the general public to films and television programs such as \u003cem\u003eGlory\u003c\/em\u003e and Ken Burns's PBS documentary \u003cem\u003eThe Civil War\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach essay in \u003cem\u003eDrawn With the Sword\u003c\/em\u003e reveals McPherson's own profound knowledge of the Civil War and of the controversies among historians, presenting all sides in clear and lucid prose and concluding with his own measured and eloquent opinions. Readers will rejoice that McPherson has once again proven by example that history can be both accurate and interesting, informative and well-written. 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McPherson is acclaimed as one of the finest historians writing today and a preeminent commentator on the Civil War. \u003cem\u003eBattle Cry of Freedom\u003c\/em\u003e, his Pulitzer Prize-winning account of that conflict, was a national bestseller that Hugh Brogan, in \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, called \"history writing of the highest order.\" Now, in \u003cem\u003eDrawn With the Sword\u003c\/em\u003e, McPherson offers a series of thoughtful and engaging essays on some of the most enduring questions of the Civil War, written in the masterful prose that has become his trademark.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFilled with fresh interpretations, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, \u003cem\u003eDrawn With the Sword\u003c\/em\u003e explores such questions as why the North won and why the South lost (emphasizing the role of contingency in the Northern victory), whether Southern or Northern aggression began the war, and who really freed the slaves, Abraham Lincoln or the slaves themselves. McPherson offers memorable portraits of the great leaders who people the landscape of the Civil War: Ulysses S. Grant, struggling to write his memoirs with the same courage and determination that marked his successes on the battlefield; Robert E. Lee, a brilliant general and a true gentleman, yet still a product of his time and place; and Abraham Lincoln, the leader and orator whose mythical figure still looms large over our cultural landscape. And McPherson discusses often-ignored issues such as the development of the Civil War into a modern \"total war\" against both soldiers and civilians, and the international impact of the American Civil War in advancing the cause of republicanism and democracy in countries from Brazil and Cuba to France and England. Of special interest is the final essay, entitled \"What's the Matter With History?\", a trenchant critique of the field of history today, which McPherson describes here as \"more and more about less and less.\" He writes that professional historians have abandoned narrative history written for the greater audience of educated general readers in favor of impenetrable tomes on minor historical details which serve only to edify other academics, thus leaving the historical education of the general public to films and television programs such as \u003cem\u003eGlory\u003c\/em\u003e and Ken Burns's PBS documentary \u003cem\u003eThe Civil War\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach essay in \u003cem\u003eDrawn With the Sword\u003c\/em\u003e reveals McPherson's own profound knowledge of the Civil War and of the controversies among historians, presenting all sides in clear and lucid prose and concluding with his own measured and eloquent opinions. Readers will rejoice that McPherson has once again proven by example that history can be both accurate and interesting, informative and well-written. Mark Twain wrote that the Civil War \"wrought so profoundly upon the entire national character that the influence cannot be measured short of two or three generations.\" In \u003cem\u003eDrawn With the Sword\u003c\/em\u003e, McPherson gracefully and brilliantly illuminates this momentous conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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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"}

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