My Confession

Samuel E. Chamberlain

Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1956

About this Item

Author(s): Samuel E. Chamberlain Title: My Confession Publication: New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1956 Edition: First Edition Description: Octavo, 301pp., publisher s blue boards, bound in red cloth binding with blue and gold details. No statement of printing, as required for first edition. First state dust jacket with price intact. First trade edition and first printing. Autobiographical telling of the author s own account (illustrated by him as well) of his adventures in the 1840 s including his service as a soldier in the Mexican-American war. Written between 1855 1861 this is Chamberlains telling of his affiliation with the Glanton gang (John Joel Glanton) and our only historical reference to Judge Holden, fictionalized in Cormac McCarthys Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West. McCarthy draws heavily from the book and by all accounts is considered to be factually accurate with many of the battles and the details being confirmed. However, the only source to date that points to the Judge as an actual person is from Chamberlain s account in this book. Chamberlain would later become warden of the state prisons in MA & CT. He kept painting and was well known for his landscape depictions of the Mexican-American War. A sizable number reside in the San Jacinto Museum of History. He was a member of the first U.S. Dragoons and fought at the Battle of Buena Vista in February of 1847 as well as many other battles in Mexico. In 1849 he was declared a deserter and by 1954 had returned home to raise a family in Boston. He was wounded on 6 occasions during the American Civil War, Commanded as Colonel, an all African-American unit and was in 1865 nominated by President Lincoln to receive the rank of Brevet Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers, later confirmed by the senate. VG book, completely clean of names, writing and name plates within. Brief foxing. Sharp corners, tight, straight spine indicating it was rarely read. Trace toning, spine ends lightly bumped. Jacket in VG with trace toning to spine, some wear at the spine ends and occasional edge wear. Minimal rubbing. Not price clipped.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: My Confession
• Publisher: Harper & Brothers Publishers
• Publication Date: 1956
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good