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| The Killer Angels | 
 enlarge | Author: Michael Shaara
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (519 reviews)
Sales Rank: 7610
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 0345348109
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780345348104
ASIN: 0345348109
Publication Date: August 12, 1987
Release Date: August 12, 1987
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 AP World History Book Review May 7, 2008
This was a wonderful book to read about the Civil War. Shaara brings a new twist on this epic conflict of North and South. The fact that he shows each day from different perspective brings the read closer to totally understanding the Battle of Gettysburg. He used real people from Confederate Leader, Robert E. Lee, to lesser known, but still important, historical leaders like union Joshua L. Chamberlain, who lead the front charge down the hill Little Round Top.
Shaara's main goal in creating this novel was to create a military story of epic proportions, a feat which he found sucess. This book was the best I have ever read about the Batlle of Gettysburg. He couldn't have picked a more pivotal battle in the history of our nation, and then he made it into an entertain and accurate novel.
Killer Angels is a fascinating novel April 28, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Killer Angels is a fascinating novel with insight gathered from diaries and memoirs of the men who fought in the battle. It creates a personal view of the tense and personal drama between friends on either side of the cause, as well as the humanity, and the chivalry of the period. Once you start, it is nearly impossible to put it down.
 Excellent look at Gettysburg April 21, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is another book I assigned my AP Dual Credit students for supplemental reading in class. They did not like it as much as I, but they are not as interested the Civil War as I am either. While somewhat fictional, Shaara's description of the battle is well done. They humanization of the characters involved enhances the story and creates a connection with the reader. I look forward to reading other Shaara books for the pleasure and knowledge.
As good as it gets... April 3, 2008
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
Most times, I would much prefer to read a work of nonfiction as opposed to historical fiction. But after reading dozens of books about the Battle of Gettysburg, it was refreshing to read Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning Killer Angels. This fictional account gives us a viewpoint not to be found in nonfiction works.
What makes Killer Angels different is that each chapter is written through the eyes of the various leaders from both the Union and the Confederacy including Buford, Longstreet, Lee, Chamberlain, Armistead, as well as an English observer, Fremantle. Shaara used diaries, journals, letters and memoirs to recreate not only what was happening on the battlefield, but also, what these men were thinking, seeing and feeling. It's as if you're an eyewitness to history. Killer Angels does not attempt to cover every minute of the Battle of Gettysburg. In fact, Shaara focuses on four main aspects: Buford's establishing Union lines on good ground before the battle, Longstreet's ambivalence about fighting at Gettysburg, Joshua Chamberlain and the 20th Maine defending Little Round Top and Pickett's Charge.
I found myself especially haunted by James Longstreet. Once a carefree, amiable man, he's still reeling from the recent deaths of 3 of his 4 children in one week. Robert E. Lee's number two man, he knows that a frontal attack (Pickett's charge) will be disastrous. He is tortured that Lee won't listen to his advice, and inconsolable after so many men are killed. "Along with all the horror of loss, and the weariness, and all the sick helpless rage, there was coming now a monstrous disgust. He was through. They had all died for nothing and he sent them...The army would not recover from this day."
I also gained an appreciation for Joshua Chamberlain. Chamberlain was not a trained soldier, but a college professor. But he was definitely a born leader. He started the Civil War as a lieutenant colonel and finished as a brigadier general. His heroics in leading his men on Little Round Top is a thing of legend, probably saved the Union and earned him a Medal of Honor.
I have found that once Gettysburg has gotten under your skin, you'll never tire of reading about this important battle that changed the course of the war. For fictional accounts, Killer Angels is about as good as it gets.
The definitive Civil War novel about the battle of Gettysburg. March 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great novel about the battle of Gettysburg. It is historically accurate, but includes Shaara's interpretation of the thoughts of the three primary characters (Lee, Longstreet, and Chamberlain). It's a great read for the Civil War buff, as well as those who slept through the the typically sketchy overview given this great conflict in school.
This one book not only provides a great background about a critical battle of the war, but also provides insights into how the war affected the people fighting it --- many of whom truly did find themselves opposing former friends and family in America's most bitter conflict.
You can read a lot of other good books on the Civil War and its battles, generals, or political and social backdrop, but you won't find one that captures the essence of the war in such an enjoyable and well-presented way.
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