num_pages: 448
description: Nearly two hundred letters written by the Civil War hero depicted in the film Glory reveal his initial reluctance to accept the command of the North's first black regiment and show how his reluctance soon turned into loyalty and dedication.
language: English
title: Blue-Eyed Child of Fortune: The Civil War Letters of Col. Robert Gould Shaw
titlecomplete: Blue-Eyed Child of Fortune: The Civil War Letters of Col. Robert Gould Shaw
genres: Biography, War, Civil War, Nonfiction, American History, American Civil War, History
ratings_count: 183
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Museum of the Confederacy Founders Award
publisher: Avon Books