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  <title><![CDATA[Gods and Generals]]></title>
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  <default-description>In a prequel of sorts to his father Michael Shaara's 1974 epic novel &lt;i&gt;The Killer Angels&lt;/i&gt;, Jeff Shaara explores the lives of Generals Lee, Hancock, Jackson and Chamberlain as the pivotal Battle of Gettysburg approaches. Shaara captures the disillusionment of both Lee and Hancock early in their careers, Lee's conflict with loyalty, Jackson's overwhelming Christian ethic and Chamberlain's total lack of experience, while illustrating how each compensated for shortcomings and failures when put to the test. The perspectives of the four men, particularly concerning the battles at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, make vivid the realities of war. </default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1996</original-publication-year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jeff Shaara]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have read some really great books in the past year or two(Memoirs of a Geisha, The Kite Runner, Seabiscuit)- and this book definitely joins the list.  It was so well written and interesting. It's about the civil war- it's quite thick and I thought it might be boring, but it was a page turner.  I f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73888527">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[After reading his Revolutionary War series I was looking forward to the Civil War series - I was not disappointed. I watched the movie, Gods and Generals, at the same time and was so moved by all these generals who cared deeply for Jackson. Through these books I am seeing another view point of the C...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15672115">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Oct 30 18:37:23 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was a really great &quot;Who's Who in the The Civil War for Dummies&quot;. And it was written in a way that I didn't feel like I was having to sit through another boring lecture from a teacher who just wants to be home watching football. My only complaint was that I didn't feel like I got ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74715248">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Jeff Shaara simply could not pull off what his father accomplished.  I'm sure Mr. Shaara is a smart historian of sorts, but as a writer it just doesn't give the proper payload.  Perhaps he simply tried to cram too much in the lead-up to the Battle at Gettysburg, unlike his father who concentrated al...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56553331">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59723081">
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[For those unfamiliar with the Shaara Civil War Trilogy, here is a primer. Following the commercial success of the movie <em>Gettysburg</em>, Jeff Shaara decided to turn his father's Pulitzer Prize winning novel <em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/682804.The_Killer_Angels" title="The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara">The Killer Angels</a></em> into part two of a trilogy. <br/><br/>In the prequel <em>Gods and Generals</em>, we dis...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59723081">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50795536">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Apr 16 09:08:34 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Like The Killer Angels, this book is very good at revealing the personal struggles and thoughts of some leading figures in the Civil War. It's engaging, informative, and a must read for anyone with an interest with history. However, I much preferred his father's book, The Killer Angels. Perhaps a co...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50795536">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="16423223">
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  <read_at>Mon Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent book about the civil war.  This book reviews the time period just before the south succeeded up until the battle at Gettysburg.  The book, &quot;Killer Angels&quot; reviews the Gettysburg battle and the book &quot;Last Full Measure&quot; reviews post Gettysburg to the end of the war.  <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16423223">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="13780867">
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  <read_at>Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Downloaded from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://Audible.com">Audible.com</a><br/><br/>Narrator: Stephen Lang<br/>Publisher: Random House Audio, 2003<br/>Length: 3 hours and 48 min.(abridged)<br/><br/>Publisher's Summary<br/>The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara's classic Civil War novel about the men who led the fight at the Battle of Gettysburg, was ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13780867">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[When my history professor gave me a list of books to choose from to read for his Civil War class, I chose this one on impulse. I came into the novel with very little knowledge about the events recorded in the book, but Jeff Sharra brought it to life for me. <br/>All too often, the Southern soldiers...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9908220">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="5760761">
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a truly interesting book, obviously well researched and finely written.  I also find it unique in that it is the &quot;prequel&quot; to &quot;The Killer Angels&quot; (a Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Michael Shaara), written by Michael Shaara’s son, Jeff, after his father’s death.  This...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5760761">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41182686">
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first time I understood how the Civil War really happened was by reading this book.  It's a fictionalized account, but full of background on the generals, colonels, etc., maps of battlegrounds and movements by the two sides, etc.  It sounds dry, but it was great!  It's a wonder the North won wit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41182686">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Digestible history of America's challenges in the mid-1800's.  Appealing to me in novel form, rather than &quot;formal history book&quot;.  Amazing to think of the unrest caused by states seceding and the dynamics that caused on many fronts, including individual families.  Also intriguing to ponder ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50903005">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really wanted to read this book but now I refer to it as my divorce book!  Sad but true - It took me 6 months to pick up another book to read - not Gods and Generals fault but I tried to read it during a time of duress and well I couldn't bring myself to read during that time.  I finally, just gav...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49796720">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43435787">
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    <body><![CDATA[Historical fiction.  Told from the perspective of the top Union and Confederate officers during the Civil War.  One of my favorite scenes takes place just as the war is breaking out and men who have served together as friends in the U.S Army from the north and south have one last celebration togethe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43435787">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was interesting enough to finish, but I didn't get into it as much as I was hoping to. It was interesting to read about the lead-up to the Civil War from the perspectives of several pivotol leaders of both North and South. I read &quot;The Killer Angels,&quot; which was written some years earli...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58800515">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="68438259">
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    <body><![CDATA[While watching this movie on TV recently and realizing that I knew everything that was happening as well as the characters, it came to me that I had read the book!  Killer Angels by his father is one of my favorite books of all time and he does a great job with this prequel.  If you like books about...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68438259">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[ Beth sent me this book, and I was hooked from the very first page. It's a look at the Civil War through the eyes and minds of the men who fought in that great battle. Having to say goodbye to wives , children, and loved ones was so difficult. Never knowing when and if they would come home again. No...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58119771">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved this book! Such an interesting look into the beginning of the Civil War &amp; how the men who ended up fighting on different sides knew each other. This book made this part of history interesting &amp; readable for me. I hadn't ever read a history book that wasn't dry &amp; a struggle to finish - but this...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48805479">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The book barely rates an &quot;ok&quot; which is better than movie of the same name.  The surprise of this is that this book was borne out of Jeff's attempt to write a screenplay sequel for the movie Gettysburg that was created from his father's original book.  Jeff attempts to mimic his dad's style...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35141071">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Here Michael Shaara's son took up his late father's mantle on historically-based fiction.  He did a very good job here.  It explains to the reader what happened in the time after Gettysburg.  Frankly, I think this is more historically accurate than Killer Angels.]]></body>
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