A Shower of Stars: The Medal of Honor and the 27th Maine Knit Hats 113 color illustrations

113 color illustrations

this book traces the artist’s experiments with different media and highlights innovative techniques that established his reputation as early modernist

Engraved solid rock maple captain's chair by Standard Chair of Gardner

and sketches of Maurice Prendergast invite viewers into a world of sunlight and sailboats

A Shower of Stars: The Medal of Honor and the 27th Maine Knit Hats 113 color illustrationsBy John J. Pullen Author John J. Pullen, during the course of research on the 20th Maine, came across an obscure note indicating that the 27th Maine, a group of nine month volunteers from York County, had been issued 864 Medals of Honor one for every member of the regiment while the 20th Maine, having distinguished itself at Little Round Top, garnered only four such medals. Was this discovery the beginning of an untold story of extraordinary bravery,