Joshua Chamberlain: A Hero's Life and Legacy"Joshua Chamberlain was much more than a war hero, and Pullen's thoughtful book fills out the picture of his remarkable life. An entertaining and inspiring story." --Senator George J. Mitchell |
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User Review - minfo - LibraryThingFrom the author whose book first brought Chamberlain back from obscurity (Mainers: can you believe it?), this biography tells of the life of a now-popular Civil War general as well as the many myths ... Read full review
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User Review - koalamom - LibraryThingThis book gives us a look at the life of this gallant general after his service in the Civil War. While he never became nationally prominent in his other endeavors, he was always the man who would ... Read full review
Contents
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ELEVEN Echoes of Martial Glory | 123 |
TWELVE A Battle Remembered | 135 |
THIRTEEN Youve Done Enough at Gettysburg | 151 |
FOURTEEN Fame Returns | 167 |
FIFTEEN Recall to Service | 175 |
SIXTEEN Something Abides | 185 |
Bibliography | 202 |
Index | 209 |
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Page 22 - Before us in proud humiliation stood the embodiment of manhood : men whom neither toils and sufferings, nor the fact of death, nor disaster, nor hopelessness could bend from their resolve; standing before us now, thin, worn, and famished, but erect, and with eyes looking level into ours, waking memories that bound us together as no other bond; — was not such manhood to be welcomed back into a Union so tested and assured?
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Page 24 - If a Cabinet officer should attempt to hold his office for a moment beyond the time when he retains the entire confidence of the President, I would not vote to retain him...
Page 170 - What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; and there is nothing new under the sun. Is there a thing of which it is said, "See, this is new"?
Bibliographic information
| Title | Joshua Chamberlain: A Hero's Life and Legacy |
| Author | John J. Pullen |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Stackpole Books, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0811708861, 9780811708869 |
| Length | 216 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / Historical Biography & Autobiography / Military History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
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