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04392aam a22006738i 4500 001 8987D224794811EE8DD2691B42ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231102012453 008 230217t20232023nyuab b 001 0beng 010 $a 2023008048 020 $a 0525510087 020 $a 9780525510086 035 $a (OCoLC)1369512196 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d TOH $d AYP $d JO6 $d OCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-me $a n-us-me 100 1 $a White, Ronald C. $q (Ronald Cedric), $d 1939- $e author. 245 10 $a On great fields : $b the life and unlikely heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain / $c Ronald C. White. 246 30 $a Life and unlikely heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Random House, $c [2023] 300 $a xix, 483 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $t Interpreter, 1883-1914. $t Professor, 1855 to 1862 -- $t Soldier, 1862 to 1865 -- $t Leader, 1866 to 1883 -- $t Interpreter, 1883-1914. 520 $a "Before 1862, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain had rarely left his home state of Maine, where he was a trained minister and mild-mannered professor at Bowdoin College. His colleagues were shocked when he volunteered for the Union army, but he was undeterred and later became known as one of the North's greatest heroes: On the second day at Gettysburg, after running out of ammunition at Little Round Top, he ordered his men to wield their bayonets in a desperate charge down a rocky slope that routed the Confederate attackers. Despite being wounded at Petersburg--and told by two surgeons he would die--Chamberlain survived the war, going on to be elected governor of Maine four times and serve as president of Bowdoin College. How did a stuttering young boy come to be fluent in nine languages and even teach speech and rhetoric? How did a trained minister find his way to the battlefield? Award-winning historian Ronald C. White delves into these contradictions in this definitive, cradle-to-death biography of General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, from his upbringing in rural Maine to his tenacious, empathetic military leadership and his influential post-war public service, exploring a question that still plagues so many veterans: How do you make a civilian life of meaning after having experienced the extreme highs and lows of war?"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, $d 1828-1914. 600 17 $a Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, $d 1828-1914. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00032472 610 10 $a United States. $b Corps, 5th (1862-1865) $b Corps, 5th (1862-1865) 610 17 $a United States. $b Corps, 5th (1862-1865) $b Corps, 5th (1862-1865) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00649392 648 7 $a 1861-1865 $2 fast 650 0 $a Generals $z United States $v Biography. 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Generals. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00939841 650 7 $a Military campaigns. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710190 650 7 $a Regimental histories. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01354209 651 0 $a United States $x History $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $v Biography. 651 0 $a United States $x Campaigns. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Campaigns. 651 0 $a United States $x Regimental histories. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Regimental histories. 651 0 $a Brewer (Me.) $v Biography. 651 7 $a Maine $z Brewer. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01217825 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a White, Ronald C. (Ronald Cedric), 1939- $t On great fields. $b First edition $d New York : Random House, [2023] $z 9780525510093 $w (DLC) 2023008049 941 $a 11 952 $l HOPC845 $d 20240521010925.0 952 $l OJPC027 $d 20240425120426.0 952 $l XHPD657 $d 20240413011448.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409045046.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20240210010431.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20240106010213.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20231202011813.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20231202010510.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20231114010448.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20231108010552.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20231102012547.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8987D224794811EE8DD2691B42ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b C@VInitiate Another SILO Locator Search