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Much like Joshua Chamberlain, Robert Gould Shaw has attained near-legendary status in the pantheon of Civil War heroes, yet the striking monument to Shaw and his men on Boston Common portrays a resolution not always evident in the young colonel's correspondence. Duncan (Univ. of Copenhagen), whose previous publications include an excellent edition of Shaw's letters accompanied by a brief (and, as he immodestly reminds us, praised) sketch, now presents an expanded version of that essay, which enriches but does not materially alter current scholarly understandings. If anything, it may lengthen the shadow Shaw and his men already cast over other black regiments, further obscuring other accomplishments. Although matters of military history occasionally elude Duncan's grasp, he deftly manipulates Shaw's story in support of his insistence that emancipation is what makes the Civil War "worth studying and teaching"; fortunately, his discussion of Shaw and those around him offers a more complicated and compelling reality.ABrooks D. Simpson, Arizona State Univ., Tempe
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"A sensitive and instructive profile of an imperfect but heroic young man whose death was an affirmation of a profound hope."--Civil War History


"[Duncan's] discussion of Shaw and those around him offers a . . . complicated and compelling reality.”--Booklist
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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: University of Georgia Press; illustrated edition edition (November 18, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0820321362
  • ISBN-13: 978-0820321363
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches
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  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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3.0 out of 5 stars Deja vu, April 25, 2000
This book is basically the biographical essay and chapter introductions to Duncan's 1992 book about Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, Blue-Eyed Child of Fortune. In many places, the text reads word for word the same as the 1992 work. As such, it is disappointing. Duncan doesn't give much new information about Shaw. I also found it disturbing that Shaw's biographer would describe his wife as "the younger woman" when she was actually two years older than he. I feel that in the seven years that have elapsed between Blue-Eyed Child of Fortune and this title, Duncan could have researched primary and secondary sources in more depth to add to Shaw's biography. Where Death and Glory Meet is also very short: 126 pages of text, with the remaining pages taken up by notes, bibliography, and index. If you haven't read anything about Shaw, then you will probably enjoy this book. It would also be good for school libraries. Otherwise, Blue-Eyed Child of Fortune, with the letters of Colonel Shaw, gives you a better understanding of the man.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Portrait of "New England's Perfect Son", June 11, 2004
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Although Robert Gould Shaw was only 25 years old when he died, leading the 54th Massachusetts Infantry in a futile assault on Fort Wagner, he has become an object of interest in the past dozen years, especially since the release of the movie "Glory," which gave a somewhat fictionalized account of the 54th. This book by Russell Duncan is a good introduction to the life of Shaw, and gives an extensive bibliography for those who want to engage in further reading and research.

In this book (which is an expanded version of the introduction to Shaw's collected letters that Duncan edited and published in the book "Blue Eyed Child of Fortune") Duncan gives a view of a life that one can truly say was tragically cut short by war. Robert Gould Shaw spent much of his short life trying to find his way and place in the world, something that many of us can identify with immediately. He had difficulty in accepting authority; he could not decide upon a career; he was the only son of well-known abolitionist parents, yet he had grave reservations about the abilities of black people. A "rebel" by nature, he could be rigid and unbending with others. He was dominated by his mother, only truly breaking away from her by marrying a lovely young woman against his mother's wishes. Married to a woman he apparently adored, he also engaged in a flirtation with a schoolmistress in South Carolina after accepting the command of the 54th. Shaw had found his calling in the military: he was brave, and able to inspire confidence within his men, yet he promised his future wife that he would not persue the military as a career once the war was over.

This book is a good introducation to the brief life of Robert Gould Shaw. It contains some photographs of the Shaw family and Annie Haggarety, Shaw's wife. It also dispells some of the myths about the 54th that were present in the movie "Glory," chief among them the myth that the 54th was made up primarily of unlettered escaped slaves. From reading Duncan's book it appears many were literate freedmen of long standing. Also, the sergeant-major of the 54th was the son of Frederick Douglass, not the middle aged recruit as played by Morgan Freedman in the movie. I would recommend this book for anyone who is interested in the life of Robert Gould Shaw, or the history of the 54th, as a jumping off point for further reading.

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A superb contribution to Civil War & Black History studies., May 8, 2000
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Where Death And Glory Meet: Colonel Robert Gould Shaw And The 54th Massachusetts Infantry is the fascinating military biography of Civil War Colonel Robert Shaw who commanded an infantry unit composed of Negro soldiers, the North's first Black combat regiment. Russell Duncan presents a poignant portrait of an average young soldier struggling against his mother's indomitable will and thrust unexpectedly into the national limelight. Drawing upon Shaw's letters home before and during the war, Where Death And Glory Meet tells the story of the rebellious son of wealthy Boston abolitionists who never fully reconciled his own racial prejudices, yet went on to lead his black regiment into fierce and bloody battlefield conflicts where they performed with heroic distinction and scotched forever the notion that black soldiers would not or could not fight successfully against the Confederate forces. Where Death And Glory Meet is a superb contribution to Civil War studies and will prove of deep interest to students of Black history.
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