Record Added: 11/15/2010 Series The Civil War #3 Setting  United States Topic History: American Civil W Publisher Ballantine Books ISBN 0345404912 Year 1998 Age Adult Pages 576 Description Printed dustjacket
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Concluding the Civil War trilogy that began with his father Michael's Pulitzer-winning The Killer Angels, Shaara ( Gods and Generals) chronicles Lee's retreat from Gettysburg and his valiant efforts to defend northern Virginia from Grant's superior, better-supplied forces.
Seen alternately through the eyes of Lee, Grant and Maine abolitionist Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the narrative begins with the successful Union ambush at Bristoe Station in October 1863. It then details Lee's 18-month cat-and-mouse game as he outmaneuvers Grant, despite overwhelming odds and terrible deprivation, concludes with Lee's surrender at Appomattox.
Impressively researched, this deeply affecting work can't be faulted for inaccuracy or lack of detail. Haunted by Stonewall Jackson's ghost, 56-year-old Lee frequently appears to be a semi-senile neurotic. Grant, more concerned about his supply of cigars than battle losses, comes across as a dolt. Shaara has produced a stirring epigraph to his father's remarkable novel. |
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