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My name is Keith Michaud and this is “Letters From Away,” a blog written by a Mainer living outside the comfortable and sane confines of New England. The blog is intended for Mainers, whether they live in the Pine Tree State or beyond, and for anyone who has loved ’em, been baffled by ’em or both. Ayuh, I am “from away.” Worse still, I live on the Left Coast – in California. Enjoy! Or not. Your choice.
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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.
Posted in Education and Schools, Maine, Outdoors
Tagged Bowdoin College, Brunswick, L.L. Bean, Leon A. Gorman, The Bowdoin Prize
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 20th 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.
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Tagged 20th Maine Infantry Regiment, American Civil War, apartment, “Gods and Generals”, “The Killer Angel”, “The Last Full Measure”, belongings, Bowdoin College, California, Jeff Daniels, Jeffrey Shaara, Joshua Chamberlain, Maine, Mainer, Medal of Honor, Michael Shaara, multipart series, photos, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Robert E. Lee
Dozens run for Maine governor seat: A measure of nation’s discontent | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram
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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.