Fryeburg to remember grad who left school $15 million | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

Fryeburg to remember grad who left school $15 million | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram.

L.L. Bean chairman to receive The Bowdoin Prize | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

L.L. Bean chairman to receive The Bowdoin Prize | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram.

Sierra Club: Maine has 3 “Cool Schools” | The Kennebec Journal, Augusta, ME

Sierra Club: Maine has 3 “Cool Schools” | The Kennebec Journal, Augusta, ME.

Maine stuff in my California apartment No. 3

Several books from my small library on the American Civila War. These books center around Joshua Chamberlain, scholar, warrior, hero, and politician.

 This is an occasional multipart series of photos of things related to Maine that can be found in my California apartment. Today’s photo is of a few books in my small library on the American Civil War.

The first set is a series of books related to Joshua Chamberlain, a Bowdoin College professor, who joined the troops from Maine going off to fight in the Civil War.

He was given a leadership role in the 20^th Maine Infantry Regiment and later, despite having no education in military strategies, became a highly respected and honored officer. He fought gallantly at Gettysburg, leading a bayonet charge in protection of Little Round Top Mountain, was severely wounded several times throughout the war, received the Medal of Honor, selected to accept Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, served four one-year terms as Maine’s governor, and eventually died several decades after the war’s end from complications caused by war wounds.

These are three fictional novels from my small library on the American Civil War. They were written by Michael Shaara and his son, Jeffrey Shaara. "The Killer Angels" won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was made into a movie, as was "Gods and Generals."

The second photo is also related to Chamberlain, but it is a trilogy of fiction. The first, “The Killer Angel,” was written by Michael Shaara and won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. It was made into the 1993 movie “Gettysburg,” with Jeff Daniels starring as Chamberlain. Shaara’s son, Jeffrey, added the prequel, “Gods and Generals” and a sequel, “The Last Full Measure.” “Gods and Generals” also was made into a film and Daniels stared as Chamberlain in that as well.

In “Gettysburg,” besides Daniels, the cast included Martin Sheen (Robert E. Lee), Tom Berenger (Lt. Gen. James Longstreet), documentary film maker Ken Burns (general’s aide), Sam Elliott (Brig. Gen. John Buford), Stephen Lang (Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett), and a bunch of other actors.

In “God and Generals,” the cast included Robert Duvall (replacing Sheen as Lee) media mogul Ted Turner (Col. Tazewell Patton), Bruce Boxleitner (replacing Berenger as Longstreet), C. Thomas Howell (Thomas Chamberlain), and Kevin Conway (Sgt. Buster Kilrain), and a bunch of other actors

This is an occasional multipart series of photos of things related to Maine that can be found in Keith Michaud’s California apartment. Keith Michaud shot today’s photos.

Bowdoin graduate gets 8 years’ hard labor in North Korea | The Kennebec Journal, Augusta, ME

Bowdoin graduate gets 8 years’ hard labor in North Korea | The Kennebec Journal, Augusta, ME.

Dozens run for Maine governor seat: A measure of nation’s discontent | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

Dozens run for governor: A measure of nation’s discontent | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram.

Items help trace Bowdoin graduate’s career | Portland Press Herald

College’s president buys a Civil War veteran’s Army memorabilia and gives it to the school for exhibits

Items help trace Bowdoin graduate’s career | Portland Press Herald.