Blue-eyed child of fortune :: the Civil War letters of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw /

Through nearly two hundred letters, the son of a wealthy Boston abolitionist wrote of his experiences as the commander of the all-black 54th Massachusetts Infantry in the Civil War. The portrait that emerges is of a man more divided and complex--though no less heroic--than the Shaw depicted in the c...

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1. Verfasser: Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863
Weitere Verfasser: Duncan, Russell
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©1992.
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Zusammenfassung:Through nearly two hundred letters, the son of a wealthy Boston abolitionist wrote of his experiences as the commander of the all-black 54th Massachusetts Infantry in the Civil War. The portrait that emerges is of a man more divided and complex--though no less heroic--than the Shaw depicted in the celebrated film Glory.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxiii, 421 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-404) and index.
ISBN:9780820342771
0820342777
0820321745
9780820321745
128330371X
9781283303712
9786613303714
6613303712

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