One Gallant Rush: Robert Gould Shaw and His Brave Black Regiment [Paperback]

Peter Burchard (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press (December 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312039034
• ISBN-13: 978-0312039035
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,144,439 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A hero comes back to life, June 21, 2000

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joan a. shelton - See all my reviews

This review is from: One Gallant Rush: Robert Gould Shaw and His Brave Black Regiment (Paperback)

Robert Gould Shaw was that shy, stubborn hero of the movie "Glory": a Boston aristocrat, reared among abolitionists, struggling to break free from the iron grip of his mother, a good soldier, a born leader. Peter Burchard's book is still the best for bringing the young Colonel to life before our eyes: reading military history in his tent, courting his future wife, fighting on great battlefields, and displaying awesome moral courage as well as physical courage. A complex and in some ways a heavy-burdened young man, he took on the uncertain, unpopular and dangerous job of organizing, training and leading the nation's first black regiment. He certainly knew before he took the job that in order to prove that "Black Men could fight as well as White Men" he would probably have to lose his life along with many of the men who would come to trust him. The story of how he battled every kind of prejudice and misunderstanding, as well as the common hazards of poor food, boredom, cold, homesickness, and the grief of leaving his wife of just three weeks, makes for a well-presented saga; 140 years later it's still worth pondering. It proves that one cheerful, rather ordinary young man--a dedicated man--can make a difference.

0 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Okay, June 8, 2000

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Harvey (North Carolina, USA 27104) - See all my reviews

This review is from: One Gallant Rush: Robert Gould Shaw and His Brave Black Regiment (Paperback)

This was a okay book The movie was adpted from this?