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The Killer Angels

The Classic Novel of the Civil War

A Novel of the Civil War

The Classic Novel of the Civil War

The Classic Novel of the Civil War

The Classic Novel of the Civil War

By Michael Shaara

By Michael Shaara

By Michael Shaara

By Michael Shaara

By Michael Shaara

By Michael Shaara

By Michael Shaara

By Michael Shaara

By Michael Shaara
Read by Stephen Hoye
Introduction by Jeff Shaara

By Michael Shaara
Read by Stephen Hoye
Introduction by Jeff Shaara

Best Seller

Part of Civil War Trilogy

Part of Civil War Trilogy

Part of Civil War Trilogy

Part of Civil War Trilogy

Part of Civil War Trilogy

Paperback $19.00

May 28, 1996 | ISBN 9780345407276

Hardcover $28.00

Nov 02, 2004 | ISBN 9780679643241

Hardcover $28.00

May 29, 2001 | ISBN 9780345444127

Ebook $7.99

Jun 09, 2010 | ISBN 9780345513731

Audiobook Download $17.95

May 11, 2004 | 825 Minutes

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    About The Killer Angels

    PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “remarkable” (Ken Burns), “utterly absorbing” (Forbes) Civil War classic that inspired the film Gettysburg, with more than three million copies in print—now in a 50th anniversary edition featuring a new introduction by Jeff Shaara

    “My favorite historical novel . . . 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.”—James M. McPherson
     
    In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation’s history, two armies fought for two conflicting dreams. One dreamed of freedom, the other of a way of life. Far more than rifles and bullets were carried into battle. There were memories. There were promises. There was love. And far more than men fell on those Pennsylvania fields. Bright futures, untested innocence, and pristine beauty were also the casualties of war. Michael Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece is unique, sweeping, unforgettable—the dramatic story of the battleground for America’s destiny.

    About The Killer Angels

    PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “remarkable” (Ken Burns), “utterly absorbing” (Forbes) Civil War classic that inspired the film Gettysburg, with more than three million copies in print—now in a 50th anniversary edition featuring a new introduction by Jeff Shaara

    “My favorite historical novel . . . 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.”—James M. McPherson
     
    In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation’s history, two armies fought for two conflicting dreams. One dreamed of freedom, the other of a way of life. Far more than rifles and bullets were carried into battle. There were memories. There were promises. There was love. And far more than men fell on those Pennsylvania fields. Bright futures, untested innocence, and pristine beauty were also the casualties of war. Michael Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece is unique, sweeping, unforgettable—the dramatic story of the battleground for America’s destiny.

    About The Killer Angels

    PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “remarkable” (Ken Burns), “utterly absorbing” (Forbes) Civil War classic that inspired the film Gettysburg, with more than three million copies in print—now in a 50th anniversary edition featuring a new introduction by Jeff Shaara

    “My favorite historical novel . . . 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.”—James M. McPherson
     
    In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation’s history, two armies fought for two conflicting dreams. One dreamed of freedom, the other of a way of life. Far more than rifles and bullets were carried into battle. There were memories. There were promises. There was love. And far more than men fell on those Pennsylvania fields. Bright futures, untested innocence, and pristine beauty were also the casualties of war. Michael Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece is unique, sweeping, unforgettable—the dramatic story of the battleground for America’s destiny.

    About The Killer Angels

    PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “remarkable” (Ken Burns), “utterly absorbing” (Forbes) Civil War classic that inspired the film Gettysburg, with more than three million copies in print—now in a 50th anniversary edition featuring a new introduction by Jeff Shaara

    “My favorite historical novel . . . 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.”—James M. McPherson
     
    In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation’s history, two armies fought for two conflicting dreams. One dreamed of freedom, the other of a way of life. Far more than rifles and bullets were carried into battle. There were memories. There were promises. There was love. And far more than men fell on those Pennsylvania fields. Bright futures, untested innocence, and pristine beauty were also the casualties of war. Michael Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece is unique, sweeping, unforgettable—the dramatic story of the battleground for America’s destiny.

    About The Killer Angels

    PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “remarkable” (Ken Burns), “utterly absorbing” (Forbes) Civil War classic that inspired the film Gettysburg

    “My favorite historical novel . . . 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.”—James M. McPherson
     
    In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation’s history, two armies fought for two conflicting dreams. One dreamed of freedom, the other of a way of life. Far more than rifles and bullets were carried into battle. There were memories. There were promises. There was love. And far more than men fell on those Pennsylvania fields. Bright futures, untested innocence, and pristine beauty were also the casualties of war. Michael Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece is unique, sweeping, unforgettable—the dramatic story of the battleground for America’s destiny.

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    Michael Shaara was born in Jersey City in 1929 and graduated from Rutgers University in 1951. His early science fiction short stories were published in Galaxy magazine in 1952. He later began writing other works of fiction and published more… More about Michael Shaara

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    Michael Shaara was born in Jersey City in 1929 and graduated from Rutgers University in 1951. His early science fiction short stories were published in Galaxy magazine in 1952. He later began writing other works of fiction and published more… More about Michael Shaara

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    Michael Shaara was born in Jersey City in 1929 and graduated from Rutgers University in 1951. His early science fiction short stories were published in Galaxy magazine in 1952. He later began writing other works of fiction and published more… More about Michael Shaara

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    Product Details

    Category: Historical Fiction | Military Fiction

    Paperback | $19.00
    Published by Ballantine Books
    May 28, 1996 | 368 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9780345407276

    Category: Historical Fiction | Classic Fiction | Military Fiction

    Hardcover | $28.00
    Published by Modern Library
    Nov 02, 2004 | 368 Pages | 5-3/8 x 8 | ISBN 9780679643241

    Category: Historical Fiction | Military Fiction

    Hardcover | $28.00
    Published by Ballantine Books
    May 29, 2001 | 368 Pages | 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 | ISBN 9780345444127

    Category: Historical Fiction | Military Fiction

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Ballantine Books
    Jun 09, 2010 | 368 Pages | ISBN 9780345513731

    Category: Historical Fiction | Military Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $17.95
    Published by Random House Audio
    May 11, 2004 | 825 Minutes | ISBN 9780739309063

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    Praise

    “The best and most realistic historical novel about war I have ever read.”—General H. Norman Schwarzkopf

    “My favorite historical novel . . . 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.”—James M. McPherson

    “Remarkable . . . A book that changed my life . . . I had never visited Gettysburg, knew almost nothing about that battle before I read the book, but here it all came alive.”—Ken Burns, filmmaker

    “Shaara carries [the reader] swiftly and dramatically to a climax as exciting as if it were being heard for the first time.”—The Seattle Times

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