Gods and Generals
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3.9
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Jeff Shaara
The New York Times bestselling prequel to the Pulitzer Prize–winning classic The Killer Angels In this brilliantly written epic novel, Jeff Shaara traces the lives, passions, and careers of the great military leaders from the first gathering clouds of the Civil War. Here is Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, a hopelessly by-the-book military instructor and devout Christian who becomes the greatest commander of the Civil War; Winfield Scott Hancock, a captain of quartermasters who quickly establishes himself as one of the finest leaders of the Union army; Joshua Chamberlain, who gives up his promising academic career and goes on to become one of the most heroic soldiers in American history; and Robert E. Lee, never believing until too late that a civil war would ever truly come to pass. Profound in its insights into the minds and hearts of those who fought in the war, Gods and Generals creates a vivid portrait of the soldiers, the battlefields, and the tumultuous times that forever shaped the nation. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Jeff Shaara's Blaze of Glory.
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Author
Jeff Shaara
Pages
512
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Published Date
2000-10-05
ISBN
0345438493 9780345438492
Ratings
Google: 4
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"5/10"
Lil-Farrah
"This one has had me thinking....when I first read these Shaara books, I greatly enjoyed them and they may have spurred an interest in my reading more about the Civil War. However, now that I am older and re-reading them, they bother me a little. After all, why does this need to be a fictionalized account? Is it to make it more accessible to casual readers? Perhaps, but I have read many historians whose books are interesting enough to be accessible to casual readers. This approach seems disingenuous in some way, and it concerns me, because the author is ascribing personalities to historical figures in ways that make that personality seem definitive, even though the words they are speaking are dredged from the author's imagination. Surely a lot of research went into this book, but its hard to say what sources were used, as the book doesn't include any sort of bibliography. Its frustrating, and while this book is enjoyable, I'd recommend reading a good non-fiction history of the war if one is interested in it."
John Detrick