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Jeff Shaara is the son of the Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Shaara. He starts where his father left off in "The Killer Angels". "Gods and Generals" is the second best book on the Civil War I've ever read. "The Killer Angels" is the first.
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Compelling - author is gifted and shows great skill in relating historical events and the mortal men who were there at that time.
Cindy P. (cinderella54) reviewed Gods and Generals (Civil War Trilogy, Bk 1) on + 202 more book reviews
very good book
Excellent! Civil War buffs will enjoy!!
498 pages interest!!
498 pages interest!!
Catherine L. (sassysilver) reviewed Gods and Generals (Civil War Trilogy, Bk 1) on + 35 more book reviews
Another great read about the Civil War!
Pam S. (pamlovestoread) reviewed Gods and Generals (Civil War Trilogy, Bk 1) on + 97 more book reviews
Wonderful book. Very enjoyable.
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Civil War novelization
This book puts the reader in the tents and on the battle fields of the Civil War. A great historical read.
Part of a civil war trilogy.(3)
This book keeps you involved and excited. It is as if you are actually in the character of the main participants. Jeff Shaara is simply the beat. If you haven't read any work by Mr. Shaara you are missing one of the if not the best authors of today in this genre!
Robert M. (shotokanchef) reviewed Gods and Generals (Civil War Trilogy, Bk 1) on + 813 more book reviews
This is both fact neatly entwined with fiction. It is a classic recount of the Civil War in Virginia prior to Gettysburg told from both sides of the battle. As such it ranks among such classics as Crane's The Red Badge of Courage, Churchill's The Crisis, and the non-fiction of Bruce Catton. It is a striking contrast of the two combatant armies.
Karen T. (madamlibrarian) reviewed Gods and Generals (Civil War Trilogy, Bk 1) on + 38 more book reviews
Shaara's beautifully sensitive novel delves deeply in the empathetic relm of psycho-history, where enemies do not exist-just mortal men forced to make crucial decisions and survive on the battlefield... He succeeds with his historical novel through fully realized characters who were forced to decided their loyalties amid the horrors of their dividing nation.
Couldn't get thru it. Not a history story, a book following the tails of 4 different people.
