The Killer Angels

Michael Shaaara

Hardcover in dust jacket.

Very good in a fine un-price clipped dust jacket. 400 pages. 1993 Random House 8th printing.

Original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Brodart cover.

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE KILLER ANGELS

Publisher: Random House, New York

Publication Date: 1993

Binding: Hardcover

(Note: the book was published in 1974 by McKay. This book is a later printing (8th) when Random House republished it. The book earned a Pulitzer Prize.)

About this title

Synopsis:

A reissue of a Pulitzer prize-winning classic, and now the major motion picture GETTYSBURG. As a result of these acclamations, this book is considered one of the greatest novels written on the Civil War.

Review:

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.

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