A Killer Angels Companion
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (772 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0939631954 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 60 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In this informative book, he answers these questions and more. There are currently six million copies in print. But how faithful to the truth was this novelist's view of the Battle of Gettysburg and its key figures? What happened to the major characters after Gettysburg? After 20 years as historian at Gettysburg National Military Park, few know the battle or battlefield better than Scott Hartwig. if you have ever read and loved The Killer Angels, than this book will be a wonderful and welcome read.. The popularity of Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Killer Angels, is legendary
Accomplishes exactly what it promises John H. Clark III While the merits of Shaara's book are clear, it remains that it is a novel, not history. Hartwig does an excellent job in the course of his book of separating fact from fiction and, in the process, presents the reader with a very readable and concise history of the battle of Gettysburg and that of some of the battle's major participants. I . "Adequate, But Nothing Essential" according to A Customer. This book left me rather confused. Scott's premise was well-founded, and I got the sense that he genuinely respected the Killer Angels. However, while Scott made some valid historical points, some of those points seem overly pessimistic. Scott correctly points out that Longstreet is a hero of Shaara's book, and historians have long debated . "Historical context for a great story" according to GPM. I did not have deep prior knowledge of the battle of Gettysburg before enjoying The Killer Angels (and the movie Gettysburg, which was based on it). I loved the book but I spent a lot of time wondering just where the facts ended and the fiction began. The Killer Angels Companion supplies some thoughtful answers. It does not debunk Shaara's