Blue-Eyed Child of Fortune
Subtitle: The Civil War Letters of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
By: edited by Russell Duncan.
Contributors: Duncan, Russell.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 421
Subjects: Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863 -- Correspondence.; United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865) -- History.; Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence.; Soldiers -- Massachusetts -- Correspondence.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.; Massachusetts -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American.; Massachusetts -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American.
Genres: Correspondence.; Personal narratives.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-404) and index.