title: Peter Burchard
text: # 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.
  
  