Michael Shaara
author profile
born
June 23, 1928
died
May 05, 1988
gender
male
place of birth
The United States
genre
Literature & Fiction
about this author
Sign up for Goodreads to pick your favorite quotes and books by Michael Shaara.
avg rating: 4.12
| 7,264 ratings
| 1,028 reviews
| 10 distinct works
|
11 fans
More books by Michael Shaara…
upcoming events
No scheduled events.
"There's nothing so much like a god on earth as a General on a battlefield."
— Michael Shaara (The Killer Angels)
— Michael Shaara (The Killer Angels)
"In the presence of real tragedy you feel neither pain nor joy nor hatred, only a sense of enormous space and time suspended, the great doors open to black eternity, the rising across the terrible field of that enormous, unanswerable question."
— Michael Shaara
— Michael Shaara
"Why do there have to be men like that, men who enjoy another man's dying?"
— Michael Shaara (The Killer Angels)
— Michael Shaara (The Killer Angels)
polls
topics mentioning this author
| topics | posts | views | last activity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Next Best Boo...: OFFICIAL SPRING CHALLENGE - 2009 | 6462 | 7594 | Jun 14, 2009 02:57PM | |
| European Royalty: Jul 1 - Aug 1: Nominating | 20 | 38 | Jun 15, 2009 06:41PM | |
| Glens Falls (NY) ...: From Writer's Almanac: Book rejected 15 times... wins Pulitzer Prize. | 1 | 6 | Jun 23, 2009 12:13PM | |
| Historical Fictio...: * The Idiot's Guide to the Ultimate Reading List: Chapter 1, Historical Fiction | 5 | 61 | Aug 03, 2009 08:14PM | |
| The Seasonal Read...: By Blood or Marriage (25.2) | 41 | 181 | Aug 24, 2009 02:23PM | |
| Browncoats: Firefly-related books | 8 | 67 | 7 days ago, 05:17PM | |
| The Next Best Boo...: Historical Fiction | 125 | 583 | 10 hours, 43 min ago | |
| The History Book ...: AMERICAN CIVIL WAR | 9 | 8 | 6 hours, 58 min ago | |
| The Seasonal Read...: FALL CHALLENGE 2009 QUESTIONS | 899 | 779 | 4 hours, 59 min ago | |
| Novel Ladies: Your latest shopping spree | 1738 | 118 | 30 minutes ago |






















