The Killer Angels: A Novel of the Civil War

Author(s)/Editor(s): Shaara, Michael - - Binding: HARD COVER BOOKSYearMonthDay of Publication: 20041102Standardized Book Category: Historical - GeneralLanguage: EnglishPage Count: 00368Large Print? : N Publisher Marketing: PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The "remarkable" (Ken Burns), "utterly absorbing" (Forbes) Civil War classic that inspired the film Gettysburg, with more than three million copies in print--now in a 50th anniversary edition featuring a new introduction by Jeff Shaara "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 In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two conflicting 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.