Michael Shaara
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Series
Civil War trilogy (Jeff Shaara) volume 2
Language
English
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This Pulitzer Prize-winning classic is the finest historical dramatization of the Civil War. The book centers around the key battle of the war: the battle of Gettysburg. In July of 1863, the Confederate Army, led by General Robert E. Lee, invaded the North, in order to deal a fatal blow to the Union Army. Lee's right hand man was the loyal General Longstreet. Opposing them was General George Meade, an unknown quantity at best. In the four most bloody...
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Amazing Stories is a great collection of action short stories from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction". Featured here are eight stories by Michael Shaara: "Wainer", "Man of Distinction", "Conquest Over Time", "Citizen Jell", "The Book", "Orphans of the Void", "Soldier Boy", and "The Vanisher".
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English
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"Now this here planet," he said cautiously, "is whacky in a lot of ways. First of all they call it Mert. Just plain Mert. And they live in houses strictly from Dickens, all carriages, no sewers, narrow streets, stuff like that." But that wasn't all . . . . Travis, in reaching Diomed III before any others, found himself waging a one-man fight against more than this; he was bucking the strangest way of life you have ever heard of!
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English
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Amazing Stories Volume 93 is a great collection of action short stories from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction". Featured here are five short stories: One story by Michael Shaara, "The Sling and the Stone", one story by Willis George Emerson, "The Smoky God, or, A Voyage to the Inner World" , one story by Richard O. Lewis, "Earthmen Die Hard!", one story by Fox B. Holden, "Earthmen Ask No Quarter!", and one story by Evan Hunter, "The Plagiarist From...
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Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
Ballantine Books Trade paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
Portraits of Lee, Longstreet, and other Civil War leaders are interwoven with historical detail to provide a fictional recreation of the bloody battle at Gettysburg. 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. In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two dreams. One dreamed of freedom, the other of a way of...
Author
Series
Civil War trilogy (Jeff Shaara) volume 1
Language
English
Formats
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The extraordinary lives, passions, and careers of four great military leaders--Stonewall Jackson, Winfield Scott Hancock, Joshua Chamberlain, and Robert E. Lee--come to a climax as Union and Confederate forces clash on the battlefields of the Civil War. A worthy companion to The Killer Angels . . . Shaara brilliantly charts the war, the exploits of the combatants and their motivations. He also concisely shows how the early parts of the campaign unfolded....
10) Gettysburg
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Edition
Widescreen version.
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English
Description
Gettysburg (254 min.): "... the gripping saga of the tactics, command errors and sacrifices behind the bloodiest battle ever fought on U.S. soil."--Container.
Gods and generals (219 min.): "... reveals the spirited allegiances and fierce combat of earlier Civil War struggles, framing its tale with the fateful clashes of Bull Run, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville."--Container.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen format; Limited collector's edition; Director's cut (Gettysburg) Extended director's cut (Gods and generals).
Language
English
Description
Gettysburg: A fictional account of four days in July, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg discussing tactics, plans and preparations for battle from both the Northern and Southern points of view.
Gods and generals: Traces the lives, passions, and careers of military leaders Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, Winfield Scott Hancock, Joshua Chamberlain, and Robert E. Lee, who all meet on the same battlefield for the first time at Fredericksburg, where they experience...
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