Lee, never believing until too late that a civil war would ever truly come to pass. Here is Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, a hopelessly by-the-book military instructor and devout Christian who becomes the greatest commander of the Civil War Winfield Scott Hancock, a captain of quartermasters who quickly establishes himself as one of the finest leaders of the Union army Joshua Chamberlain, who gives up his promising academic career and goes on to become one of the most heroic soldiers in American history and Robert E. In this brilliantly written epic novel, Jeff Shaara traces the lives, passions, and careers of the great military leaders from the first gathering clouds of the Civil War. With Gods and Generals, Jeff Shaara gives fans of The Killer Angels everything they could have asked-an epic, brilliantly written saga that brings the nation's greatest conflict to life.The New York Times bestselling prequel to the Pulitzer Prize–winning classic The Killer Angels Maxwell encouraged Shaara to continue the story his father began inspired, Jeff planned an ambitious trilogy, with The Killer Angels as the centerpiece, following the war from its origins to its end. When director Ron Maxwell filmed the movie Gettysburg, based on The Killer Angels, he asked Jeff to serve as a consultant. It was a legacy he knew well, having helped his father create it. When Michael Shaara died in 1988, his son Jeff began to manage his literary estate.
This gripping fictional account of the three bloody days at Gettysburg won Michael Shaara a Pulitzer Prize and a vast, appreciative audience. In 1974, the novel was published with the title The Killer Angels. The pair crisscrossed the historic site, gathering detailed information for the father's novel-in-progress. In 1970, Michael Shaara returned to Gettysburg with his son Jeff. In 1966, he took his family on a vacation to the battlefield and found himself moved. Michael's interest in Gettysburg was prompted by some letters written by his great-grandfather, who had been wounded at the great battle while serving with the 4th Georgia Infantry.
In 1952, his son Jeff was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. A native of New Jersey, Michael Shaara grew to be an adventurous young man: over the years, he found work as a sailor, a paratrooper, a policeman, and an English professor at Florida State University. The story of Gods and Generals begins with Michael Shaara, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic The Killer Angels.
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