Name: The killer angels
Rating: 4.025641025641026 (39 reviews)
ISBN: 9780345348104

Michael Shaara

The killer angels

The Killer Angels

Trish

This was a good, likable novel. It's just not a topic or genre I would readily pick up myself. War-retelling historical fiction novels aren't really my thing. When I think of a great Civil War novel, it's usually Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. 

That being said, this is totally a book for a history buff or Civil War aficionado. Decent writing, strong characters. Not the worst book I've ever been required to read. Doesn't hurt that I got an average of 98% on the two papers I wrote for the book test.

Rick Dobrowolski

I wanted to read a book about Gettysburg and 2 different friends who were Civil War enthusiasts recommended this book. This was definitely a great recommendation. The book caught me in and I could hardly put it down. I especially appreciated Michael Shaara taking time to develop what could have been going on in the minds of some of the main men involved in the conflict. This book served to increase my appetite for well done historical novels. I especially have the desire to look into the life of Longstreet and Chamberlain some more.

Unabridged

Ralston Hough

A. D. Knapp

It is the third summer of the war, June 1863, and Robert Lee's Confederate Army slips across the Potomac to draw out the Union Army. Lee's army is 70,000 strong and has won nearly every battle it has fought. The Union Army is 80,000 strong and accustomed to defeat and retreat. Thus begins the Battle of Gettysburg, the four most bloody and courageous days of America's history. Two armies fight for two goals - one for freedom, the other for a way of life. This is a classic, Pulitzer Prize-Winning, historical novel set during the Battle of Gettysburg.

The killer angels

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