Shaara took his readers by the hand and guided us through General Chamberlain’s struggle of duty as a soldier versus duty to family as he strived to serve the Union as well as protect his younger brother, Tom, without showing favoritism. Longstreet had been thrown into battle after having just lost three of his children to fever, and the Confederate Armistead was faced with losing his best friend, Union general Winfield Scott Hancock, after already having lost his wife. When light is shed on James Longstreet and Lewis Armistead’s arduous pasts, I began to see them as actual people rather than bloodthirsty soldiers. When the fighting began, Shaara illustrated the deeper aspects of war and soldier life by illuminating the readers on the personal lives of the otherwise hardhearted men. The next few days followed the various Union and Confederate regiments as they regrouped from the previous Battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville and moved toward Gettysburg where, ultimately, the deciding battle of the Civil War would take place. Lee with news of the Army of the Potomac as they converged on the Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg. The book opened with a sodden Confederate spy as he blazed through the Union lines in the dead of night on Jtoward the headquarters of Confederate general Robert E.

Set from June 29 to Jand told from the vantage points of several soldiers and commanding officers from both sides, including Lee, Longstreet, and Chamberlain, Michael Shaara effectively paints a picture of the war that divided America, from the tactical planning to the emotional hardships The Killer Angels is a stunning recollection of the telltale battle of the Civil War: the Battle of Gettysburg. First edition.The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara: The Random House Publishing Group, New York, 1974. Very good condition one page with edge bump dust jacket has just a few edge scrapes, else very good and bright. This is a tough book to find in this condition as the production process was rather slipshod. There is a sticker bearing her name on the front flyleaf. This copy was previously owned by Alice Cromie, the Chicago novelist and Civil War expert. “A book that changed my life…”- Ken Burns. “My favorite historical novel…a superb re-creation of the Battle of Gettysburg.” Here’s what some fans of the book have to say: The Killer Angels has a much focus moving quickly from one character to another and one battle situation to the next. Similar to Stephen Crane’s Red Badge of Courage, the novel realistically depicts the psychological complexities of fear and courage on the battlefield. The classic novel of the Battle of Gettysburg, this book was the inspiration for the 1993 epic film, Gettysburg. Michael Shaara’s Killer Angels, in first edition, with a very good dustjacket.

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