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The Killer Angels
by Michael Shaara
I do not recall learning much about the civil war when I was in school, much less Gettysburg. This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel was an attempt by the author to put flesh on the people and events of that battle. It is based upon his research into documents and letters from that period. The author doesn't necessarily focus on certain players in the battle that you might expect, but having finished the book on the back porch of a witness building-cum-bed and breakfast at the base of Cemetery Hill right before a private guided tour of the battlefield, I think the author pegged it. He brought to light the people whose decisions and actions were directly responsible for the outcome of the battle and, consequently, the civil war.
I liken it to how Bill Mueller hit the clutch single that drove in Dave Roberts, who had just stolen second base, turning around game four of the 2004 MLB ALCS Series. You can't say that those two won the series by themselves, but the aforementioned event was the pivotal event that changed the momentum of the series and thus the eventual outcome of the 2004 World Series.
If one has little knowledge of the civil war, and wants to gain insight into this important period in American History, this book is an essential read.
I liken it to how Bill Mueller hit the clutch single that drove in Dave Roberts, who had just stolen second base, turning around game four of the 2004 MLB ALCS Series. You can't say that those two won the series by themselves, but the aforementioned event was the pivotal event that changed the momentum of the series and thus the eventual outcome of the 2004 World Series.
If one has little knowledge of the civil war, and wants to gain insight into this important period in American History, this book is an essential read.