Shaara Michael
The Killer Angels
Annotation:
The Killer Angels (1974) is a historical novel by Michael Shaara that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1975. The book tells the story of four days of the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War: June 29, 1863, as the troops of both the Union and the Confederacy move into battle around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and July 1, July 2, and July 3, when the battle was fought. A film adaption of the novel, titled Gettysburg, was released in 1993.Reading about the past is rarely so much fun as on these pages.
- Michael Shaara The Killer Angels
- TO THE READER
- FOREWORD
- JUNE 1863
- I. The Armies
- II. The Men
- MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1863
- 1. THE SPY.
- 2. CHAMBERLAIN.
- 3. BUFORD.
- 4. LONGSTREET.
- WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1863 The First Day
- 1. LEE.
- 2. BUFORD.
- 3. LEE.
- 4. CHAMBERLAIN.
- 5. LONGSTREET.
- 6. LEE.
- 7. BUFORD.
- THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1863 The Second Day
- 1. FREMANTLE.
- 2. CHAMBERLAIN.
- 3. LONGSTREET.
- 4. CHAMBERLAIN.
- 5. LONGSTREET.
- 6. LEE.
- FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1863
- 1. CHAMBERLAIN.
- 2. LONGSTREET.
- 3. CHAMBERLAIN.
- 4. ARMISTEAD.
- 5. LONGSTREET.
- 6. CHAMBERLAIN.
- AFTERWORD
- ROBERT EDWARD LEE.
- JAMES LONGSTREET.
- RICHARD EWELL.
- AMBROSE POWELL HILL.
- JOHN BELL HOOD.
- DORSEY PENDER.
- ISAAC TRIMBLE.
- JOHNSTON PETTIGREW.
- GEORGE PICKETT.
- JUBAL EARLY.
- ARTHUR FREMANTLE.
- HARRISON.
- JOHN BUFORD.
- WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK.
- JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN.
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