TY - BOOK N2 - 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. 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. In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two 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. Shattered futures, forgotten innocence, and crippled beauty were also the casualties of war. The Killer Angels is unique, sweeping, unforgettable--a dramatic re-creation of the battleground for America's destiny. AB - 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. 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. In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two 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. Shattered futures, forgotten innocence, and crippled beauty were also the casualties of war. The Killer Angels is unique, sweeping, unforgettable--a dramatic re-creation of the battleground for America's destiny. T1 - The killer angels :a novel / DA - 1996. CY - New York : AU - Shaara, Michael. ET - 1st Ballantine Books trade ed. CN - PS3569.H2 CN - PS3569.H2 PB - Ballantine Books, PP - New York : PY - 1996. N1 - "Originally published in 1974 by David McKay Co., Inc., New York"--T.p. verso. ID - 466734 KW - Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 SN - 9780345407276 (pbk.) SN - 034540727X (pbk.) TI - The killer angels :a novel / LK - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random051/96096190.html LK - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random044/96096190.html LK - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0410/96096190.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random051/96096190.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random044/96096190.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0410/96096190.html ER -