{"product_id":"9781101221662","title":"Army Life in a Black Regiment: and Other Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eARMY LIFE IN A BLACK REGIMENT \u003cbr\u003eAND OTHER WRITINGS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWITH AN INTRODUTION AND NOTES BY R. D. MADISON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA stirring account of wartime experiences from the leader of the first regiment of emancipated slaves\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Wentworth Higginson, a Unitarian minister, was a fervent member of new England's abolitionist movement, an active participant in the Underground Railroad, and part of a group that supplied material aid to John Brown before his ill-fated raid on Harpers Ferry. When the Civil War broke out, Higginson was commissioned as a colonel of the black troops training in the Sea Islands off the coast of the Carolinas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShaped by American Romanticism and imbued with Higginson's interest in both man and nature, \u003ci\u003eArmy Life in a Black Regiment\u003c\/i\u003e ranges from detailed reports on daily life to a vivid description of the author's near escape from cannon fire, to sketches that conjure up the beauty and mystery of the Sea Islands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition of Army Life features as well a selection of Higginson's essays, including \"\u003ci\u003eNat Turner's Insurrection\" and \"Emily Dickinson's Letters.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133276864752,"sku":"9781101221662","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101221662_p0.jpg?v=1763687030","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101221662","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}