Brief description:
From the dust jacket
After more than a quarter of a century and three million copies in print, Michael Shaara's Pulitzer
Prize-winning Civil War classic, The Killer Angels, remains as vivid and powerful as the day it was
originally published.
July 1863, The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia is invading the North. General Robert E. Lee
has made this daring and massive move with seventy thousand men in a determined effort to draw out the Union Army of the Potomac and mortally wound it. His right hand is General James Longstreet. a brooding man who is loyal to Lee but stubbornly argues against his plan. Opposing them is an unknown factor: General George Meade, who has taken command of the Army only two days before what will be perhaps the crucial battle of the Civil War.
In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, the armies fight for two conflicting dreams. One dreams of freedom, the other of a way of life. More than rifles and bullets are carried into battle. The soldiers carry memories. Promises. Love. And more than men fall on those Pennsylvania fields. Bright futures, untested innocence, and pristine beauty
are also the casualties of war.
The Killer Angels is unique, sweeping, unforgettable - a dramatic re-creation of the battleground for American destiny.
After more than a quarter of a century and three million copies in print, Michael Shaara's Pulitzer
Prize-winning Civil War classic, The Killer Angels, remains as vivid and powerful as the day it was
originally published.
July 1863, The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia is invading the North. General Robert E. Lee
has made this daring and massive move with seventy thousand men in a determined effort to draw out the Union Army of the Potomac and mortally wound it. His right hand is General James Longstreet. a brooding man who is loyal to Lee but stubbornly argues against his plan. Opposing them is an unknown factor: General George Meade, who has taken command of the Army only two days before what will be perhaps the crucial battle of the Civil War.
In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, the armies fight for two conflicting dreams. One dreams of freedom, the other of a way of life. More than rifles and bullets are carried into battle. The soldiers carry memories. Promises. Love. And more than men fall on those Pennsylvania fields. Bright futures, untested innocence, and pristine beauty
are also the casualties of war.
The Killer Angels is unique, sweeping, unforgettable - a dramatic re-creation of the battleground for American destiny.
Publication
Ballantine Books (1996), Edition: Reprint, 368 pages
Series
Original publication date
1974
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Physical description
8.13 inches