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ON GREAT FIELDS
The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chanberlain
From the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic and definitive biography of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the history-altering professor turned Civil War hero.
Considered one of the most popular Union soldiers, and one of the North's greatest heroes of the Civil War, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain is familiar to millions through Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels, and Ken Burn's miniseries, The Civil War. Now, New York Times bestselling author, Ronald C. White, delivers the dramatic and definitive biography of this enigmatic professor turned Civil War hero.
Chamberlain was a trained minister and mild-mannered professor at Bowdoin College when he, shockingly, volunteered to join the Union army. Wounded just on the second day at Gettysburg, after running out of ammunition, Chamberlain was told he would die, however, he survived and went on to become the Governor of Main four times and served as President of Bowdoin College.
This is the story of the life of General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain that history buffs were craving. From his rural upbringing in Maine to his empathetic-style military leadership and post-war careers, Ronald C. White explores how this enigmatic figure carved out a purposeful civilian life after experiencing the highs and lows of war.
As many critics believed that White's AMERICAN ULYSSES was the Grant biography of our times, we believe ON GREAT FIELDS will prove to be the Chamberlain biography of our times!
Ronald C. White is the author of two New York Times bestselling presidential biographies, A. LINCOLN: A Biography (Random House, 2009) and AMERICAN ULYSSES: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant (Random House, 2016), which won the William Henry Seward Award for "Excellence in Civil War Biography". He has also written Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural [2002], a New York Times Notable Book, The Eloquent President: A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words [2005], a Los Angeles Times bestseller, and Lincoln in Private: What His Most Personal Reflections Tell Us About Our Greatest President [2021], recipient of the 2021 Barnondess/Lincoln award.
Chamberlain was a trained minister and mild-mannered professor at Bowdoin College when he, shockingly, volunteered to join the Union army. Wounded just on the second day at Gettysburg, after running out of ammunition, Chamberlain was told he would die, however, he survived and went on to become the Governor of Main four times and served as President of Bowdoin College.
This is the story of the life of General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain that history buffs were craving. From his rural upbringing in Maine to his empathetic-style military leadership and post-war careers, Ronald C. White explores how this enigmatic figure carved out a purposeful civilian life after experiencing the highs and lows of war.
As many critics believed that White's AMERICAN ULYSSES was the Grant biography of our times, we believe ON GREAT FIELDS will prove to be the Chamberlain biography of our times!
Ronald C. White is the author of two New York Times bestselling presidential biographies, A. LINCOLN: A Biography (Random House, 2009) and AMERICAN ULYSSES: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant (Random House, 2016), which won the William Henry Seward Award for "Excellence in Civil War Biography". He has also written Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural [2002], a New York Times Notable Book, The Eloquent President: A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words [2005], a Los Angeles Times bestseller, and Lincoln in Private: What His Most Personal Reflections Tell Us About Our Greatest President [2021], recipient of the 2021 Barnondess/Lincoln award.
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