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The Killer Angels
The Classic Novel of the Civil War
Series: Civil War Trilogy
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This book is ideal for readers interested in historical fiction and American Civil War history, as well as those who appreciate deeply researched narratives that combine personal human stories with epic battle scenes.
Portraits of Lee, Longstreet, and other Civil War leaders are interwoven with historical detail to provide a fictional recreation of the bloody battle at Gettysburg.
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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “remarkable” (Ken Burns), “utterly absorbing” (Forbes) Civil War classic that inspired the film Gettysburg, with more than three million copies in print—now in a 50th anniversary edition featuring a new introduction by Jeff Shaara
“My favorite historical novel . . . a superb re-creation of the Battle of Gettysburg, but its real importance is its insight into what the war was about, and what it meant.”—James M. McPherson
In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation’s history, two armies fought for two conflicting dreams. One dreamed of freedom, the other of a way of life. Far more than rifles and bullets were carried into battle. There were memories. There were promises. There was love. And far more than men fell on those Pennsylvania fields. Bright futures, untested innocence, and pristine beauty were also the casualties of war. Michael Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece is unique, sweeping, unforgettable—the dramatic story of the battleground for America’s destiny.
Series: Civil War Trilogy
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James M. McPherson calls it "My favourite historical novel . . . a superb re-creation of the Battle of Gettysburg, but its real importance is its insight into what the war was about, and what it meant." Ken Burns describes it as "Remarkable . . . a book that changed my life" and praises its vividness in bringing Gettysburg alive. Forbes hails it as "Utterly absorbing" with convincing characterisation, especially of Robert E. Lee. The Seattle Times notes how Shaara carries readers "swiftly and dramatically to a climax as exciting as if it were being heard for the first time."
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ISBN: 9780345407276
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 28 May 1996
Country: United States
Imprint: Ballantine Books Inc.
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 21.0mm
Width: 138.0mm
Height: 208.0mm
Weight: 278g
Pages: 368
About the Author
Michael Shaara was born in Jersey City in 1929 and graduated from Rutgers University in 1951. His early science fiction short stories were published in Galaxy magazine in 1952. He later began writing other works of fiction and published more than seventy short stories in many magazines, including The Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan, and Redbook. His first novel, The Broken Place, was published in 1968. But it was a simple family vacation to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1966 that gave him the inspiration for his greatest achievement, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Killer Angels, published in 1974. Michael Shaara went on to write two more novels, The Noah Conspiracy and For Love of the Game, which was published posthumously after his death in 1988.
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