In the Hands of Providence
Joshua L. Chamberlain and the American Civil War

Great subject which author who never wrote another book that I could find did an uninspired job of telling for first half of book in which the main non-fiction character saved the Union by winning at Gettysburg. Then she warmed to the subject and described in much better detail the other five!! 5 ti......more

If you have seen Gettysburg or otherwise are a Civil War buff, you know right away who Joshua Chamberlain is. A strong argument could be made that his (and the 20th Maine's) stand on Little Round Top on the second day at Gettysburg was the turning point in the battle, and perhaps the Civil War. {Act......more

Recently my daughter earned a position a position at Bowdoin College and when I visited the campus I was struck by the statue of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, an individual who I was familiar with but had not read much about. A week before visiting the Bowdoin campus my wife and I celebrated our anni......more

Well researched and written. Recommended to Civil War buffs.......more

I had never even heard of Joshua Chamberlain. An old teacher of mine told me he was a personal hero of his, so I read this book about his life. He was truly an exceptional man. At his funeral it was said they there was a fabric to his thoughts, a color to his soul, that blended a particular mix of i......more