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The Killer Angels
	Author: Michael Shaara Publisher: Ballantine Books Category: Book List Price: ~~$7.99~~ Buy Used: $0.01 You Save: $7.98 (100%) New (51) Used (334) Collectible (16) from $0.01 Rating: 513 reviews Sales Rank: 1645 Media: Mass Market Paperback Pages: 384 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5 Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.1 x 1.1 ISBN: 0345348109 Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780345348104 ASIN: 0345348109 Publication Date: August 12, 1987 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping: Expedited shipping available Shipping: International shipping available Condition: Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More.


Editorial Reviews: Amazon.com This novel reveals more about the Battle of Gettysburg than any piece of learned nonfiction on the same subject. Michael Shaara's account of the three most important days of the Civil War features deft characterizations of all of the main actors, including Lee, Longstreet, Pickett, Buford, and Hancock. The most inspiring figure in the book, however, is Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, whose 20th Maine regiment of volunteers held the Union's left flank on the second day of the battle. This unit's bravery at Little Round Top helped turned the tide of the war against the rebels. There are also plenty of maps, which convey a complete sense of what happened July 1-3, 1863. Reading about the past is rarely so much fun as on these pages. Product Description "My favorite historical novel...A superb re-creation of the Battle of Gettysburg, but its real importance is its insight into what the war was about, and what it meant." JAMES M. McPHERSON Author of BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM Winner of the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for fiction In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two dreams. One dreamed of freedom, the other of a way of life. Far more than rifles and bullets were carried into battle. There were memories. There were promises. There was love. And far more than men fell on those Pennsylvania fields. 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.