{"product_id":"joshua-chamberlain-the-soldier-and-the-man-9781580970211","title":"Joshua Chamberlain: The Soldier and the Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoshua Chamberlains exploits on Little Round Top have gained worldwide fame since the release of the film Gettysburg. Several books on Joshua Chamberlain have appeared in recent years  but most have been either hero-worship or have relied too heavily on his own account of his actions.Edward Longacre has joined the front ranks of American Civil War historians with The Cavalry at Gettysburg  General John Buford  and Custer and his Wolverines. Now he provides the first biography of Joshua Chamberlain that places his Civil War career in the full context of his life before and after the war  explores all aspects of his character  and draws on independent  and occasionally contradictory  eyewitness accounts of his battlefield actions. Previously unknown aspects of Chamberlains experiences before the war and at Antietam  Fredericksburg  Gettysburg and Appomattox are presented to a wider audience here for the first time. Edward Longacres meticulous research suggests that Chamberlains own accounts of some of his actions can no longer be taken entirely at face value and that his character had a darker side  but the various flaws and failings of Chamberlain the real man as recounted here serve in the end to emphasize rather than diminish the remarkable nature of his accomplishments.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646906622005,"sku":"ByrdShop_1580970214","price":22.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781580970211.jpg?v=1781681065","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/joshua-chamberlain-the-soldier-and-the-man-9781580970211","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}