Blue-eyed child of fortune : the Civil War letters of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw / edited by Russell Duncan.
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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| Language: | English |
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Athens :
University of Georgia Press,
[1992]
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xxiii, 421 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-404) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0820314595 9780820314594 |