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The Civil War Trilogy: Gods and Generals / The Killer Angels / The Last Full Measure
by Jeff Shaara,Michael Shaara
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Paperback / Ballantine Books / 1999-04-27 / listprice: $43.85
ISBN: 0345433726
Product Dimentions: 8.27 x 5.75 x 3.15 inches
Product Weight: 295 ounces
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In GODS AND GENERALS, Jeff M. Shaara takes over from his Pulitzer-winning father Michael to follow the careers of the Civil War generals Lee, Hancock, Jackson, and Chamberlain up to the fateful Battle of Gettysburg. The book is a prequel to THE KILLER ANGELS (1974), which describes that battle, and THE LAST FULL MEASURE which, beginning with the Union ambush at Bristoe Station in October of 1863, depicts Robert E. Lee`s attempts to defend northern Virginia from General Grant`s more powerful forces.
Author Jeff M. Shaara rounds out the Civil War Trilogy started by his late father Michael Shaara, whose book The Killer Angels described the Battle of Gettysburg. While Gods and Generals covered action prior to Gettysburg, The Last Full Measure picks up with Confederate General Robert E. Lee's retreat from Pennsylvania and continues through the end of the war. The younger Shaara focuses on the characters of Lee and Union commander Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, both of whom play prominent roles in the earlier books. He also introduces a new one: Ulysses S. Grant, the Union general who would finally defeat the South--something no soldier before him could manage. The Last Full Measure is often exciting and poignant, and fans of The Killer Angels and Gods and Generals won't be disappointed. A nicely boxed edition of this classic historical fiction. --John Miller
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