I had never visited Gettysburg, knew almost nothing about that battle before I read the book, but here it all came alive." -Ken Burns "Shaara carries the reader] swiftly and dramatically to a climax as exciting as if it were being heard for the first time." - The Seattle Times "Utterly absorbing. Praise for The Killer Angels "Remarkable. Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece is unique, sweeping, unforgettable-the dramatic story of the battleground for America's destiny. Bright futures, untested innocence, and pristine beauty were also the casualties of war. A superb re-creation of the Battle of Gettysburg, but its real importance is its insight into what the war was about. And far more than men fell on those Pennsylvania fields. As a novel that attemptsto offer a more lifelike and liquid retelling of the Battle of Gettysburg, Michael Shaaras The Killer Angels portrays actual historical.
Far more than rifles and bullets were carried into battle.
One dreamed of freedom, the other of a way of life. McPherson In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two conflicting dreams. In the Pulitzer prizewinning classic The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara created the finest Civil War novel of our time. 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.
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