Peter Burchard
# Peter Burchard

Peter Burchard (March 1, 1921 – July 3, 2004) was an author, free-lance designer, and illustrator. He wrote the book One Gallant Rush (1965), about Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, the first African-American unit in the Union Army. It was adapted for the 1989 film Glory, which won numerous awards.

## World War II

Burchard served on convoys in the North Atlantic during World War II. During this time, his drawings were published by Yank magazine.

## Books

Burchard primarily wrote children's books about slavery, abolitionism, and the American Civil War. He wrote 26 books and illustrated over 100.

His book One Gallant Rush: Robert Gould Shaw and His Brave Black Regiment, was the basis for the Oscar-winning 1989 film Glory.

His works include:

### Adult

* One Gallant Rush: Robert Gould Shaw and His Brave Black Regiment (1965/reprint 1990)

### Juvenile

* Balloons: From Paper Bags to Skyhooks
* Jed
* North by Night
* Stranded
* Bimby
* Chito
* Pioneers of Flight
* Rat Hell
* Frederick Douglass
* Lincoln and Slavery
* Digger

## Honors

Burchard became a Guggenheim Fellow in 1966.

