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The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)

Michael Shaara

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Nov 03, 2008 Book Concierge rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 19th-century, book-club, concierge, library, pulitzer, movie, historical-fiction, war

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Extraordinary. Michael Shaara takes us into the minds of the Generals and soldiers on the eve of and during the Battle of Gettysburg. I learned more about history than ever I had in school. And the philosophy! Why they acted as they did, the emotional toil on them as they made the decision to attack or defend to the death, the anguish of duty vs friendship (Armistead vs Hancock). Beautifully written.

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Jul 06, 2018 Joanne rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction-read, series-finished

This is the story of the Civil War battle at Gettysburg. It doesn't matter how much you know about that war, or how many books you have read on the subject. This book will more than likely change how and what you think of when the Civil War is brought up.

The story of the 4 bloody days on a ridge in Pennsylvania is told through the eyes of the men who who fought there. Robert E Lee, James Longstreet, George Picket representing the Rebel South. Joshua L. Chamberlain, John Buford, George Mead, the ...more

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