![]() Very good condition one page with edge bump dust jacket has just a few edge scrapes, else very good and bright. This is a tough book to find in this condition as the production process was rather slipshod. The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara chapter summaries, themes, characters, analysis, and quotes Brush up on the details in this novel, in a voice that. There is a sticker bearing her name on the front flyleaf. This copy was previously owned by Alice Cromie, the Chicago novelist and Civil War expert. “A book that changed my life…”- Ken Burns. But to the surprise of many, including Shaara, it won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Literature. “My favorite historical novel…a superb re-creation of the Battle of Gettysburg.” Published in 1974, The Killer Angels never enjoyed commercial success in Shaara’s lifetime. Here’s what some fans of the book have to say: The Killer Angels has a much focus moving quickly from one character to another and one battle situation to the next. Similar to Stephen Crane’s Red Badge of Courage, the novel realistically depicts the psychological complexities of fear and courage on the battlefield. ![]() The classic novel of the Battle of Gettysburg, this book was the inspiration for the 1993 epic film, Gettysburg. ![]() Michael Shaara’s Killer Angels, in first edition, with a very good dustjacket. Unlike Stephen Crane in The Red Badge of Courage (1895), Shaara chooses in The Killer Angels to present clearly the essential strategies and salient events of the battle he recounts. ![]()
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