I finished up Michael Shaara's novel on the Battle of Gettysburg. Wonderful reading yet quite sad.
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A truly wonderful book. My wife read it YEARS before I finally did, and I only wish I'd listened to her and read it sooner. Even handed and well written. The movie Gettysburg is also quite well done and a fairly good rendition of the book.
Posted by Militant Bibliophile | August 2, 2008 6:50 PM
Posted on August 2, 2008 18:50
BTW, is that Longstreet?
Posted by Militant Bibliophile | August 2, 2008 6:51 PM
Posted on August 2, 2008 18:51
HEY M B
Pretty close...more of an amalgamation of a few Confedrate generals.
Posted by john Cox | August 2, 2008 6:55 PM
Posted on August 2, 2008 18:55
For Longstreet, July 3rd had to be the saddest day of all. Lee had begin to believe in his own invinceablity.
Posted by GarandFan | August 2, 2008 9:01 PM
Posted on August 2, 2008 21:01
Of course Grant would show the same obstinancy the next year at Cold Harbor. Meade of all people would follow Grant's orders and have his men advance across open ground against fortified breastworks. Meade evidently left his Gettysburg notebook at home that day.
Posted by GarandFan | August 2, 2008 9:08 PM
Posted on August 2, 2008 21:08
His son's prequel, Gods and Generals, is a worthy read as well.
However, I find myself wishing that Michael had written Gods & Generals & left the other two to Jeffrey.
"P.S. However", I expect that had that been the case, we would never have heard of Michael Shaara, & there would be no sequels.
It ain't good bidness to go against popular misconception.
Posted by Terwiliger | August 4, 2008 2:36 AM
Posted on August 4, 2008 02:36
Spent a beautiful leaves changing fall day at Gettysburg...bought the book there..read it nonstop cover to cover...
Posted by Sam | August 4, 2008 7:31 AM
Posted on August 4, 2008 07:31
I sat on a big rock on Little Round Top's flank (by the 20th Maine monument) and read the whole section of "Killer Angels" that covered Chaimberlain's defense on the second day.
As I read, the afternoon sun went down into the trees and the ghosts were peeking over my shoulder.
Posted by David | August 12, 2008 2:23 PM
Posted on August 12, 2008 14:23