Russell Duncan is a professor of history in the English Institute at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He is the author of several books, including "First Person Past: American Autobiographies," "Freedom's Shore: Tunis Campbell and the Georgia Freedmen" (Georgia), and "Entrepreneur for Equality: Governor Rufus Bullock, Commerce, and Race in Post-Civil War Georgia" (Georgia).
A sensitive and instructive profile of an imperfect but heroic
young man whose death was an affirmation of a profound hope." —
Civil War History
"[Duncan's] discussion of Shaw and those around him offers a . . .
complicated and compelling reality." —Booklist
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