The great Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that covers the four most bloody and courageous days of the Civil War--the Battle of Gettysburg.
Shattered futures, forgotten innocence, and crippled beauty were also the casualties of war. Unique, sweeping, an unforgettable, THE KILLER ANGELS is a dramatic re-creation of the battleground for America's destiny.
Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece is unique, sweeping, unforgettable—the dramatic story of the battleground for America's destiny.
Presents a collection of three novels that present a fictionalized account of the battles of the Civil War.
Explores how faithfull to history Shaara was or was not in writing The Killer Angels. Compares the historical leaders with those portrayed by Shaara.
BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Jeff Shaara's Blaze of Glory.
Follows the continuing showdown between Grant and Lee on the battlefields of the Civil War
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers is a young adult novel about seventeen-year-old Richie Perry, a Harlem teenager who volunteers for the Army when unable to afford college and is sent to fight in the Vietnam War.
Buford had sent wordof all this tohis superior, General Alfred Pleasonton, the cavalry chief. Pleasonton, andGeneral Dan Butterfield, now army chief of staff, had apparently given Meade the impression that other cavalrywas immediately ...
The Killer Angels: A Novel of the Civil War
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought for two dreams, freedom, and a way of life. Memories, promises, and love were carried into the battle but what fell was shattered futures, forgotten innocence, and crippled beauty.