The killer angels shaara6/11/2023 Maxwell and starring Tom Berenger, Jeff Daniels, and Martin Sheen the score was composed by Randy Edelman. The Killer Angels was adapted into the classic 1993 film ‘Gettysburg’ directed by Ronald F. 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.” “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). The book depicts the three days of the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War, and the days leading up to it: June 29, 1863, as the troops of both the Union and the Confederacy move into battle around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and July 1, July 2, and July 3, when the battle was fought. James McPherson wrote, "This is my favorite historical novel. The Killer Angels reveals more about the Battle of Gettysburg than any piece of learned nonfiction on the same subject. The novel by Michael Shaara published in 1974 was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction a year later (Gale, 2016). This book was written for much the same reason” (Shaara). The Killer Angels is a well-known book that is obligatory for studying in American schools because it explores one of the most significant events in the history of the United States. “Stephen Crane once said that he wrote The Red Badge of Courage because reading the cold history was not enough he wanted to know what it was like to be there, what the weather was like, what men’s faces looked like. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Boldly signed by Michael Shaara on the front free endpaper. First edition of Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece.
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