false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168048756m/29923.jpg 29923 7 Author Jeff Shaara rounds out the Civil War trilogy started by his late father Michael Shaara, whose book <I>The Killer Angels</I> describes the Battle of Gettysburg. Just as Jeff Shaara's <I>Gods and Generals</I> covers action prior to Gettysburg, <I>The Last Full Measure</I> picks up with Confederate General Robert E. Lee's retreat from Pennsylvania and continues through the end of the war. Shaara focuses on the characters of Lee and Union commander Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, both of whom play prominent roles in the earlier books. He also introduces a new one: Ulysses S. Grant, the Union general who would finally defeat the South--something no soldier before him could manage. <I>The Last Full Measure</I> is often exciting and poignant, and fans of <I>The Killer Angels</I> and <I>Gods and Generals</I> won't be disappointed. <i>--John Miller</i> 168568 1998 The Last Full Measure total:1011|5:271|4:476|3:220|2:39|1:5| 1011 4002 1307 71 2 1 false false Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 16:05:17 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 11:12:07 -0800 2009
I read the first 150-200 pages or so of this with such gusto! It wasn't as good as "The Killer Angels," obviously, but it was perfectly ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 12:13:11 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 18:26:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 15:37:04 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 08:50:04 -0800 2008
Note: I realize that the description "quick and entertaining" would not usually apply to a book about the end of ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Mon Jun 15 11:23:32 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 12:50:58 -0700 2009 Gods and Generals. He was autographing copies of a new edition of The Killer Angels, his late father's Pulitzer Prize winning novel. Hmmm. Anyway, he seemed like a gentlema...more...]]> 4 0 true false Thu May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 06:01:34 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 06:10:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 07 12:14:51 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 12:19:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 21:09:28 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 19:45:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Mar 10 09:39:38 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 10:05:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 18 00:30:21 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 22:28:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Aug 31 09:55:31 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 20 12:11:37 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 04:49:51 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 05:05:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 09 19:43:09 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 19:46:26 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jan 15 10:00:17 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 10:01:22 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jul 22 17:22:35 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 16:54:17 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 21 05:34:24 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 05:35:11 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Apr 30 14:04:07 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 14:04:43 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Mon Jun 15 19:59:42 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 20:02:20 -0700 2009 again dis-spiriting in it's detail of a dark chapter in our history as a nation.]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 06 11:36:46 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 13:45:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Feb 07 17:08:09 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 17:08:30 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 12:23:49 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 12:24:55 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=29923