Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Joshua Chamberlain: A Hero's Life and Legacy
Joshua Chamberlain: A Hero's Life and Legacy
Joshua Chamberlain: A Hero's Life and Legacy
Ebook357 pages11 hours

Joshua Chamberlain: A Hero's Life and Legacy

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

4/5

()

Read preview

About this ebook

From a National Book Award finalist, an “entertaining and inspiring” biography of the heroic Gettysburg commander, college president, and governor of Maine (Senator George J. Mitchell).
 
This is a vivid account of the life of Joshua Chamberlain, whose is best known for leading a successful bayonet charge against a Confederate assault that was memorialized in the film Gettysburg—and earned Chamberlain the Medal of Honor. But his life was long and his military, political, and academic careers were filled with numerous notable accomplishments as well, among them the governorship of Maine and presidency of Bowdoin College, before his Civil War wounds finally caught up with him in 1914. This account, with illustrations included, tells his absorbing, wide-ranging story, explores his continuing mystique, and paints a vivid picture of late nineteenth-century New England.
 
“A worthy tribute to Chamberlain’s lasting legacy.” —Civil War Book Review
“Joshua Chamberlain was much more than a war hero, and Pullen’s thoughtful book fills out the picture of his remarkable life.” —Senator George J. Mitchell
 
“Reveal[s] a complicated character, without diminishing the almost mythic status he has assumed.” —The Washington Times
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJun 14, 2023
ISBN9780811740999
Joshua Chamberlain: A Hero's Life and Legacy

Read more from John J Pullen

Related to Joshua Chamberlain

Related ebooks

United States History For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for Joshua Chamberlain

Rating: 4.125 out of 5 stars
4/5

12 ratings2 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    From 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 that surround him. If you're at all interested in Civil War or Maine history, you certainly should read this book.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This 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 answer a call and do a creditable job no matter what the task, including being governor of Maine.Unfortunately his name went into obscurity after he died, most likely due to the fact that World War I started shortly after. His legacy faded and was not even remembered when a book about Maine heros was written in the 1920s. It would be several decades before his name was back in the forefront when in 1982 a colonel at Leavenworth Kansas was asked to write a field manual and the person he chose to emulate over men like Jackson and Patton, was Joshua Chamberlain.And more recently, due to films and new books, he is once again and, probably, forever, where he wanted to be - known as a great militaryman.

Book preview

Joshua Chamberlain - John J Pullen

\dbook_preview_excerpt.html}˒F`6w$d%)8V,⣌E5]DPJf40Z|l>g;/s=ȪWw5f$+ ?lǯB]vuw+OŇ7?<>^>{or>},;~4{ɟ ]˷٫evK{g^?wO޽|y$l?5;zag¶U9喏췾#8||r|5eޯngGo߽n[/PU25X=* Y{]bM^Ela@ۅb=>.e ehz>3uj㏵wM|snVwU0 6]!F+B6xxJ骬ٮawu&ʁZwWvtˌ2)OcǷ+l/ ȨǎAQu]ݤEv=7M.ӝZ }$܈B*/tn&*_lj |1˧1 ™v] 1CU܇}g/|Su'i S3t!(Av6lK:Dɗu\K߅#%s=wS|),ݷ[nW\~{#)/rC^V=/:;ם}㶭X>=zpWci2k|UZIyYV"~sҋ5,6ҟ0 P _uw| ~B:{"4$4 Gt )Zȸv}&A {9r@˟] u076/_/x -_^T{v Σ_HF-a{(ɵoz_0Z "{y"{-#y?4}m_2񦳶M1`snfշ_׽gOO?{Ǵ!k ~S2-o#|ѿ|{{IFчgߜ0?qv|j?}(dgw_-O?{ptGay9ȿO[Wo[|{[qrzsxܚ{d73?|d:;),=|㺍>>¬ QA _;Loc3R:􂓇C"D޺K? B aizÆ5X1dG?K:u,sŽw]H `K>hji7żjp#蹓𾭐-2]-\_=bx/!C{䚋[0"*L 癫ڭ[¡~$:Gսb0d o[V~e3 TEBy j,Rǎ2[9R 2i](ƾRfl򻲆` jqu;[3(m9E{[{U`s ]S7'|eKL\tt+Y9F"2THcE#,=M>`nJDPS")=iA>,̸&a2ӝ"zsdK ]ɮHv;j EiʿLPiT-c&v_i | .[^4e`|/x _*46q-۽u^MuΗZ"on \͕FG| !PՖ "=d|/52ώH}`Rzј.5U],4A&CR_!u'q]tl]4\XhKvi(iW'j<_fDޓе`߫#n$j vf i]`ڇ>w5L }W#ft951_FBšQdL/f/[Y/;4zCs*wY3 v56Շ!0oCATֿyhDk35x mŨ'{ GGHGY[qHZQoBpj\"xJvSQ ~9{4Tvfeje$^X7z\aF\i%;iԬLR!x6P8[T)uP?'LJ,iwDJМOcqд9KqzF/y!hăNKHs mNwʨcK4K1"C >|L<O R9%2G>߸Kt%3]e+Q)8!!(P}"^i@8cgk6 CBT[oA*svD@n2mar7BAXpٝd6}9$E6׈-\$'jQ@/%k'NSGr" ,p+!$ԕ >#TBA+m?ǿfy#qYI=!}!񹂤,vG[o`hSfM0!K|\dzo`خHVN/ñRb򎉗ۉ:Xi(6cҚsӦ`|vd% _L$ֆ'(4Ec \°] يE >J^U p x[Rd*=P9˄#C釤Y`ZVJ cH.]zsGm ^J4'\@bD{r]8 )71&RXk >ܴ֞BҎ`?GApE'OB J%RxR4xXf֠/$J`}5-8qL%U$Ëa+sa'IAZPKc r̷ŇM ϖ͝Ч\RS(NMkjSNz%, ByN8ut`6{.Y'SᔰHRld6/kM`hR'[b4|i;?Lڧ!}oH 6ոm\{KRiQt/DX2l5{ AU>d|WL'}O$W$|ְ1g\iE7֖+3H懝Dq=p@]!@T]h'n\; w`vP=_KFY/cyZ؃ Gd_c!5<5">R]{tJn^1RCBt$vn@ ,H6:D?.OOY),g-יY ]$CwaQD}U3A_ iFIAv@aTr,%2Ts4e] YpT ݺMx$o,%))D<숭j~".0UnN4ltdswꂏD?vAnR8KCeoF4T\ܨ[ӠхeHN 6MwIk \f^ "8ۑ2bƃM S+{^݂ jqjz;iڌ}'{mXLJ%z_#psSWeۧ‰@R'cjh8BEHS$iNHW[y6^=ohJ}I`*_>1DYj t 5ԃz0,u% U*KbRBy ;Vrb'/><{{,i7Chw$ao.l<)[kf._]::s(7\#'#A;;bpწf -(C5X9yb?.EL31y_i^P0 }.Yf ^U f.DUZSXSx(Lִ1L81BhrUEAM+=2P~q%'h}vv&hS~#nd10l!B`#Y{h#ЯȊz[fSg^ M۱(*m_#KEP:]X}05.dH@rw]~fSrn¤H:xA1yI!PBjUʍ4 d<} xsge{qe{wi`,9=)u+omkV: gvְjHPy &JZԬt;>?KcBEH0EUSju]W`F3IfC%G9y߯FK4֝CJí6-b%Mֻo1a ki֞F.v%:Ě8qknt2%WDn_ȸ_ h|aؤQp_ eG`z|6I$Kױ4Gc 2a) 둈kvd}:oH"l1tMr L"m%Yj/($t{sH".@W{V26|)QN[!P!S1D֡W2y6szIx~TږuRf Ak(-VXw-#6z4RZ~lΗ!Ic3 ±O%?ي5*Y#rBG`>Cσ{kAP4OReG . " <[(9z)#Y m/IjXa3ϝiwhIYv+z8ZvԈu~Ikt%3 $f.],B! t'6 O*lvjWl\XUY}yg`9-I8T)NHl)SX|5_gOa)J.B%-}9.1=iLiݐajTW(H'f/&&cO^| v`BJDOcI;%%/Zr֞m-Dc$7Q=bD32/8zxH{_]df+OH,#T:C:9l#F [^cFRP;*|ܾL_L0!Q(n˾϶AlKLt +N[6ZEϲ+m(r9Tŗ,GtfSBaHK#Q[bZM?sGW1do--ЉJ "Dn,|3>o>g}6%J ,GI`8k}}K>VVѾ ˅TسGU.g46L7BNZ֖A}Ǹ:q.ꎁ+jסJ(4:tc˚RRNO, pK   gmڎ.RGΉGJ 2 ^0}KB@m^%5rd B׎֎*'NԆ.Htu&jN*f..jlmm<*~V;1w&/gAǖGh=N:aL֛ [{a7f{`ˬ. -˭ZA$bl.ܭ0`XҼ 2!or~ =@$f0Ta]جakֽvִ)˲z='3HL'3dLP_rJ\&R.L Z{L:^1%ki i({!a=׳&; |w ߶FQCXz %D^ 4w$MapDrD=lw㞘@mW5by1$cٓ.DKK@;`W+zKARR3+؊XrbAROv EU6]cit^=UZ<׃'dUñBuL`ZTg&1% Ϲo5q+k|,:k;([Z5Y\TlG4ӝ]GMbNIUl 2WsZ8E\ן{o C3P U%#vazZw9^^h~htO,?~xҹ2Zmb0XX#+!-#M<5Ӫ"=¶nH5t#c0}T s,ruUrq:Vtވǫs~0-LUێS<&mDQIȍA䪹wv'3um%ʫB#zm+q֊)ޕ=f\#ƣi's>D |V8h{}xlD.FE7zS"76yE|c@|q+֨$𚷼*1Գt<o$T#Y <*> t#?>tÓZN
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1