Author and historian Ronald C. White (American Ulysses, A. Lincoln) joins Daniel Ford on the show to discuss his new book On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.
“When I began I don’t think I fully realized what I now call the prickly task of writing Joshua Chamberlain’s biography. I learned there were controversies in Chamberlain’s day and then in our own day. Heroes do not escape controversy. Chamberlain is a courageous and controversial person.”
To learn more about Ronald C. White, visit his official website.
