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Joshua L. Chamberlain

The Life in Letters of a Great Leader of the American Civil War

By: Thomas Desjardin,The National Civil War Museum

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Joshua L. Chamberlain

The Life in Letters of a Great Leader of the American Civil War

By: Thomas Desjardin,The National Civil War Museum

The largest collection of never-before published letters from and to Civil War hero Joshua Chamberlain provides a foundation for a new look at the life of one of the War's most enduring legends. His life is a remarkable story of perseverance, tragedy and triumph. From an insecure young man with a considerable stutter who grew up in a small town in eastern Maine, Joshua Chamberlain rose to become a major general, recipient of the Medal of Honor, Governor of Maine and President of Bowdoin College. His writings are among the most oft-quoted of all Civil War memoirs, and he has become a legendary, even mythical historical figure. In 1995, the National Civil War Museum acquired a collection of approximately three hundred letters written by or sent to Chamberlain from his college years in 1852 to his death in 1914. Author Thomas Desjardin puts Chamberlain's words in contemporary and historical context and uses this extraordinary collection of letters to reveal – for the first time – the full and remarkable life of Joshua Chamberlain.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1780964269

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9781780964263

The Grand Old Man of Maine

Selected Letters of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, 1865-1914

By: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

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The Grand Old Man of Maine

Selected Letters of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, 1865-1914

By: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Grand Old Man of Maine: Selected Letters of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, 1865-1914

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807828645

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9780807828649

The Autobiography of Joshua Chamberlain

By: Joshua Chamberlain

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The Autobiography of Joshua Chamberlain

By: Joshua Chamberlain

Joshua Chamberlain has become a pop culture icon and his regiment is now the most famous small military unit in American history. A major focus of The Killer Angels, the largest selling Civil War novel of all time, save Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and two major motion pictures, “Gettysburg” and “Gods and Generals,” the story of the 20th Maine has become legendary, particularly their effort to defend the Union Army’s position on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg. According to filmmaker Ken Burns, it was the story of Chamberlain as told in the novel The Killer Angels that inspired him to create his masterpiece, nine-part documentary film, “The Civil War.” In 1890s, at the encouragement of friends, Chamberlain wrote an autobiography covering his life from childhood to just before he joined the army in 1862. He stopped there, because by then he had written so many speeches and essays about his life in the army that there was no point in telling that part of his life story again. Assembled here, and annotated, are that original 1890s manuscript along with essays he wrote about the three most significant battles of his military experience—Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and Petersburg—as well as the story of the surrender ceremony for the Confederate Army at Appomattox which he commanded.

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Down East Books

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1684752272

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9781684752270

Through Blood & Fire

Selected Civil War Papers of Major General Joshua Chamberlain

By: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain,Mark Nesbitt

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Through Blood & Fire

Selected Civil War Papers of Major General Joshua Chamberlain

By: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain,Mark Nesbitt

Places Chamberlain's known wartime writings within the larger context of the Civil War.

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Stackpole Books

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081171750X

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9780811717502

The Passing of the Armies

An Account of the Final Campaign of the Army of the Potomac, Based Upon Personal Reminiscences of the Fifth Army Corps

By: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

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The Passing of the Armies

An Account of the Final Campaign of the Army of the Potomac, Based Upon Personal Reminiscences of the Fifth Army Corps

By: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Written by one of the Union army's most celebrated officers, The Passing of the Armies offers a remarkable first-hand account of the final campaign of the Army of the Potomac. In his gripping memoir, first published in 1915, General Joshua Lawrence

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Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

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1620874717

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9781620874714

The Autobiography of Joshua Chamberlain

By: Joshua Chamberlain

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By: Joshua Chamberlain

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Down East Books

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The Grand Old Man of Maine

Selected Letters of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, 1865-1914

By: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

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Selected Letters of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, 1865-1914

By: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Grand Old Man of Maine: Selected Letters of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, 1865-1914

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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Through Blood & Fire

Selected Civil War Papers of Major General Joshua Chamberlain

By: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain,Mark Nesbitt

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Selected Civil War Papers of Major General Joshua Chamberlain

By: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain,Mark Nesbitt

Places Chamberlain's known wartime writings within the larger context of the Civil War.

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Manuscript Verse Collectors and the Politics of Anti-Courtly Love Poetry

By: Joshua Eckhardt

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Manuscript Verse Collectors and the Politics of Anti-Courtly Love Poetry

By: Joshua Eckhardt

This book analyzes the distinctive contribution to literary history of early-seventeenth-century hand-written English poetry anthologies. Compiled by manuscript verse collectors, these anthologies preserved a number of pieces by major authors of the English Renaissance, yet they tended to surround them with unprintable verses on sex and politics.

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Oxford University Press

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0199559503

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To Raise and Discipline an Army

Major General Enoch Crowder, the Judge Advocate General’s Office, and the Realignment of Civil and Military Relations in World War I

By: Joshua Kastenberg

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To Raise and Discipline an Army

Major General Enoch Crowder, the Judge Advocate General’s Office, and the Realignment of Civil and Military Relations in World War I

By: Joshua Kastenberg

Major General Enoch Crowder served as the Judge Advocate General of the United States Army from 1911 to 1923. In 1915, Crowder convinced Congress to increase the size of the Judge Advocate General's Office—the legal arm of the United States Army—from thirteen uniformed attorneys to more than four hundred. Crowder's recruitment of some of the nation's leading legal scholars, as well as former congressmen and state supreme court judges, helped legitimize President Woodrow Wilson's wartime military and legal policies. As the United States entered World War I in 1917, the army numbered about 120,000 soldiers. The Judge Advocate General's Office was instrumental in extending the military's reach into the everyday lives of citizens to enable the construction of an army of more than four million soldiers by the end of the war. Under Crowder's leadership, the office was responsible for the creation and administration of the Selective Service Act, under which thousands of men were drafted into military service, as well as enforcement of the Espionage Act and wartime prohibition. In this first published history of the Judge Advocate General's Office between the years of 1914 and 1922, Joshua Kastenberg examines not only courts-martial, but also the development of the laws of war and the changing nature of civil-military relations. The Judge Advocate General's Office influenced the legislative and judicial branches of the government to permit unparalleled assertions of power, such as control over local policing functions and the economy. Judge advocates also altered the nature of laws to recognize a person's diminished mental health as a defense in criminal trials, influenced the assertion of US law overseas, and affected the evolving nature of the law of war. This groundbreaking study will appeal to scholars, students, and general readers of US history, as well as military, legal, and political historians.

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Northern Illinois University Press

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1501758047

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9781501758041

Six Eleven

A Champions Story

By: Joshua Watson

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Six Eleven

A Champions Story

By: Joshua Watson

Before wealth there was poverty. Before racism there was slavery. Before Desegregation there was segregation and before blocked shots became a stat there was Bill Russell. With racism at it's peak playing as a Celtic basketball is not all he has to worry about in the city of Boston.

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0359233872

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9780359233878

What's in a Picture?

Broiler Queens, Floating House and Other Hidden Stories in Vintage Maine Photography

By: Joshua F. Moore

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What's in a Picture?

Broiler Queens, Floating House and Other Hidden Stories in Vintage Maine Photography

By: Joshua F. Moore

With intriguing photos and lively writing, What's in a Picture makes it clear that historic photographs can be a super source of present-day insight and entertainment. As a magazine feature in Down East and now here as a collection of 50 photographs and extended captions, What's in a Picture proves it can be fascinating and fun to learn about the unusual events, odd-ball occupations, and creative pastimes that have been a part of life in Maine.

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Down East Books

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1461745306

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Ripples Of Hope

Great American Civil Rights Speeches

By: Joshua Gottheimer

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Ripples Of Hope

Great American Civil Rights Speeches

By: Joshua Gottheimer

Ripples of Hope brings together the most influential and important civil rights speeches from the entire range of American history-from the colonial period to the present. Gathered from the great speeches of the civil rights movement of African Americans, Asian Americans, gays, Hispanic Americans, and women, Ripples of Hope includes voices as diverse as Sister Souljah, Spark Matsui, and Harvey Milk, which, taken as a whole, constitute a unique chronicle of the modern civil rights movement. Featuring a foreword by President Bill Clinton and an afterword by Mary Frances Berry, this collection represents not just a historical first but also an indispensable resource for readers searching for an alternative history of American rhetoric. Edited and with an introduction by former Clinton speechwriter Josh Gottheimer, the stirring speeches that make up this volume provide an important perspective on our nation's development, and will inform the future debate on civil rights.

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Civitas Books

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078674765X

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9780786747658

The Cap

How Larry Fleisher and David Stern Built the Modern NBA

By: Joshua Mendelsohn

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The Cap

How Larry Fleisher and David Stern Built the Modern NBA

By: Joshua Mendelsohn

2020 Wall Street Journal Holiday Gift Books Selection Today the salary cap is an NBA institution, something fans take for granted as part of the fabric of the league or an obstacle to their favorite team’s chances to win a championship. In the early 1980s, however, a salary cap was not only novel but nonexistent. The Cap tells the fascinating, behind-the-scenes story of the deal between the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association that created the salary cap in 1983, the first in all of sports, against the backdrop of a looming players’ strike on one side and threatened economic collapse on the other. Joshua Mendelsohn illustrates how the salary cap was more than just professional basketball’s economic foundation—it was a grand bargain, a compromise meant to end the chaos that had gripped the sport since the early 1960s. The NBA had spent decades in a vulnerable position financially and legally, unique in professional sports. It entered the 1980s badly battered, something no one knew better than a few legendary NBA figures: Larry Fleisher, general counsel and negotiator for the National Basketball Players Association; Larry O’Brien, the commissioner; and David Stern, who led negotiations for the NBA and would be named the commissioner a few months after the salary cap deal was reached. As a result, in 1983 the NBA and its players made a novel settlement. The players gave up infinite pay increases, but they gained a guaranteed piece of the league’s revenue and free agency to play where they wished—a combination that did not exist before in professional sports but as a result became standard for the NBA, NFL, and NHL as well. The Cap explores in detail not only the high-stakes negotiations in the early 1980s but all the twists and turns through the decades that led the parties to reach a salary cap compromise. It is a compelling story that involves notable players, colorful owners, visionary league and union officials, and a sport trying to solidify a bright future despite a turbulent past and present. This is a story missing from the landscape of basketball history.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496223861

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9781496223869

Heaven on Earth

The Rise, Fall, and Afterlife of Socialism

By: Joshua Muravchik

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Heaven on Earth

The Rise, Fall, and Afterlife of Socialism

By: Joshua Muravchik

Socialism was man's most ambitious attempt to supplant religion with a doctrine claiming to ground itself in “science.” Each failure to create societies of abundance or give birth to “the New Man” inspired more searching for the path to the promised land: revolution, communes, social democracy, communism, fascism, Arab socialism, African socialism. None worked, and some exacted a staggering human toll. Then, after two centuries of wishful thinking and bitter disappointment, socialism imploded in a fin de siècle drama of falling walls and collapsing regimes. It was an astonishing denouement but what followed was no less astonishing. After the hiatus of a couple of decades, new voices were raised, as if innocent of all that had come before, proposing to try it all over again. Joshua Muravchik traces the pursuit of this phantasm, presenting sketches of the thinkers and leaders who developed the theory, led it to power, and presided over its collapse, as well as those who are trying to revive it today. Heaven on Earth is a story filled with character and event while at the same time giving us an epic chronicle of a movement that tried to turn the world upside down—and for a time succeeded.

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Encounter Books

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159403964X

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Once Upon a Time . . . Traveler

Dawn’s Early Light

By: Joshua Light

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Once Upon a Time . . . Traveler

Dawn’s Early Light

By: Joshua Light

The travelers are back, with supercharged push-button technology to control time and space. A martial-arts prodigy and a counterterrorism agent are swept into the pre-Flood world where hideous giants are at war with mankind, aided by spirits with frightening powers. While history accommodates them, it also constrains them, requiring cunning and creativity to affect justice and to rescue the doomed as their skills are stretched to the limit. Light deals with the genetic corruption preceding the Flood and how modern genetic enhancement plays into this model in the Last Days. He integrates potential pre-Flood physics and cosmology with the possible technologies available to the first generations of humanity. The biblical dawn of man included gargantuan animals, strange landscapes, and spirit-born technologies, an early light of brilliance snuffed out by sin and violence. Dawn’s early light will shine again upon the Redeemer's return. Winner - 2018 Henri Award for Youth and Young Adult Category, Christian Literary Awards

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WestBow Press

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1973600501

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9781973600503

Owned

Property, Privacy, and the New Digital Serfdom

By: Joshua A. T. Fairfield

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Owned

Property, Privacy, and the New Digital Serfdom

By: Joshua A. T. Fairfield

In this compelling examination of the intersection of smart technology and the law, Joshua A. T. Fairfield explains the crisis of digital ownership - how and why we no longer control our smartphones or software-enable devices, which are effectively owned by software and content companies. In two years we will not own our 'smart' televisions which will also be used by advertisers to listen in to our living rooms. In the coming decade, if we do not take back our ownership rights, the same will be said of our self-driving cars and software-enabled homes. We risk becoming digital peasants, owned by software and advertising companies, not to mention overreaching governments. Owned should be read by anyone wanting to know more about the loss of our property rights, the implications for our privacy rights and how we can regain control of both.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108211194

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9781108211192

German Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1350-1600

By: Maryan W. Ainsworth,Joshua P. Waterman,Dorothy Mahon,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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German Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1350-1600

By: Maryan W. Ainsworth,Joshua P. Waterman,Dorothy Mahon,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Paintings by Renaissance masters Lucas Cranach the Elder, Albrecht Durer, and Hans Holbein the Younger are among the works featured in this lavish volume, the first to comprehensively study the largest collection of early German paintings in America. These works, created in the 14th through 16th centuries in the region that comprises present-day Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, include religious images - such as "Virgin and Child with Saint Anne" by Durer and the double-sided altarpiece "The Dormition of the Virgin" by Hans Schaufelein - as well as remarkable portraits by Holbein and the iconic "Judgment of Paris" by Cranach. In all, more than 70 works are thoroughly discussed and analyzed, making this volume an incomparable resource for the study of this rich artistic period.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1588394875

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9781588394873

Black Republicans and the Transformation of the GOP

By: Joshua D. Farrington

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Black Republicans and the Transformation of the GOP

By: Joshua D. Farrington

Reflecting on his fifty-year effort to steer the Grand Old Party toward black voters, Memphis power broker George W. Lee declared, "Somebody had to stay in the Republican Party and fight." As Joshua Farrington recounts in his comprehensive history, Lee was one of many black Republican leaders who remained loyal after the New Deal inspired black voters to switch their allegiance from the "party of Lincoln" to the Democrats. Ideologically and demographically diverse, the ranks of twentieth-century black Republicans included Southern patronage dispensers like Lee and Robert Church, Northern critics of corrupt Democratic urban machines like Jackie Robinson and Archibald Carey, civil rights agitators like Grant Reynolds and T. R. M. Howard, elected politicians like U.S. Senator Edward W. Brooke and Kentucky state legislator Charles W. Anderson, black nationalists like Floyd McKissick and Nathan Wright, and scores of grassroots organizers from Atlanta to Los Angeles. Black Republicans believed that a two-party system in which both parties were forced to compete for the African American vote was the best way to obtain stronger civil rights legislation. Though they were often pushed to the sidelines by their party's white leadership, their continuous and vocal inner-party dissent helped moderate the GOP's message and platform through the 1970s. And though often excluded from traditional narratives of U.S. politics, black Republicans left an indelible mark on the history of their party, the civil rights movement, and twentieth-century political development. Black Republicans and the Transformation of the GOP marshals an impressive amount of archival material at the national, state, and municipal levels in the South, Midwest, and West, as well as in the better-known Northeast, to open up new avenues in African American political history.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812293266

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9780812293265

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