The killer angels : a novel / Michael Shaara.
1996
PS3569.H2 K55 1996 (Mapit)
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Title
The killer angels : a novel / Michael Shaara.
Author
Shaara, Michael.
Edition
1st Ballantine Books trade ed.
ISBN
9780345407276 (pbk.)
034540727X (pbk.)
034540727X (pbk.)
Publication Details
New York : Ballantine Books, 1996.
Language
English
Description
xix, 374 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Call Number
PS3569.H2 K55 1996
Dewey Decimal Classification
813/.54
Summary
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.
Note
"Originally published in 1974 by David McKay Co., Inc., New York"--T.p. verso.
Awards
Pulitzer Prize, Fiction, 1975.
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