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Summary: Excellent, excellent and excellent!
Review: Several months ago I saw the movie "Gettysburg" based on Michael Saara's novel- The Killer Angels. Since I was deeply moved by the film I decided to buy the book. I couldn't put it down- it was even stronger that the film. M Saara didn't try to stick to one side of the story: he wrote it from the point of view of those who took part in the Civil War with no regard to the colour of their uniform. He portrays us the battles and the feelings of the soldiers from both camps in an intelligent and beautiful way and style. After his father's death, Jeff Saara decided to continue his work by writing two other books which all together make a wonderful and touching trilogy. The two novels written by Jeff are as good as 'The Killer Angels' and I would like to shake his hand and tell him how breathtaking and deeply human this trilogy is. Good work! Don't miss it!
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Summary: Amazing and Thrilling Story
Review: Since I took a trip to Gettysburg, PA, when I was 12, I've always been quite interested in the Civil War. I saw the movie Gettysburg, and read miscellaneous articles and such online about the war. Last year I invested in Gods and Generals and The Killer Angels, both of which were phenomenol. I enjoyed Jeff Shaara's depiction of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, especially how he was as a husband, a father, a soldier, and a man. J. Shaara did a wonderful job of showing the order of events that led up to the war, including Robert E. Lee turning down command of the United States Army. "The Killer Angels" was absolutley amazing, with a slighly different style of writing than Jeff Shaara. I loved Michael Shaara's depiction of James Longstreet and Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. There was never a dull moment in this novel, and it should be tought in every United States History course in the country. Shaara brings you to a swift conclusion, leaving you breathless. The sequence of events including the Battle of Little Round Top and Chamberlain's 20 Maine Regt. was fantastic, and very addicting to read. Also, Shaara's story of Pickett's Charge was very thrilling, especially his depiction of Lewis Armistead and his relationship to Winfield S. Hancock. "The Last Full Measure" was also very entertaining, with some very harsh chapters. The story of Cold Harbor and the tunnel was very chilling, and Lee's surrender is quite sad, but Chamberlain's ordering his men to salute their countrymen was quite good.Overall, I recommend this trilogy to every person who is interested in learning about the Civil War, especially the Southern Cause, and about the men that led the armies.
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Summary: The Greatest Group of books I've ever read.
Review: The Civil War Trilogy is a wonderful way to learn and understand the Civil War. These books kept me on my seat the whole time. I read them every chance I got. I highly recommend these books to anyone.
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Summary: The Civil War Trilogy by Michael and Jeff Shaara
Review: The Civil War Trilogy is a wonderful way to learn and understand the Civil War. These books kept me on my seat the whole time. I read them every chance I got. I highly recommend these books to anyone.
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Summary: "For those here who gave their lives..."
Review: THE CIVIL WAR TRILOGY is the greatest trilogy of novels to come out ever (beating THE LORD OF THE RINGS). It takes you back to that time in history when the fate of the United States was in question, when brother faced brother, father faced son, and West Pointers faced West Pointers! Taken in all, only THE BIBLE is able to overtake this set of novels. A must read for everyone! Grade: A+
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Summary: The Human And Sentimental Aspects of Civil War
Review: The Civil war was not one of the historical events that I have vast knowledge of. I was inspired to purchase this trilogy after captivated by the movies "Gettysburg" and "Gods And Generals". While it may be unfair to compare the books with the movies, I do find all the characters and events concerned more alive and intresting in the pages of this trilogy. Even though the trilogy has been categorized as fiction, the line between facts and fictions becomes blurred not far into the reading. Perhaps it does not take much effort for a Civil war buff to spot the two, it really does not matter much. After all, these books may never be used in a history class. The heart of the matter in these pages is the human and sentimental aspects of a war that shaped a great nation. It is the frustrations, struggles, and personal decisions of Robert Lee, Winfield Scott Hancock, and many others that give life to this trilogy. In comparison, their involvement in the war itself seems almost just a mere call of duty, dealing with methodical affairs of planning military strategies. The continuity of the trilogy would have been perfect had there not been a slight difference in the writing styles (The Killer Angel was authored by Mr. Jefferey Shaara's father, Michael Shaara). Still, both authors deserve all the credits as the job was well done. In the media coverages nowadays that rarely show the emotional vulnerability of our soldiers in wars, this trilogy prompts me, one of the many fortunate ones that have the luxury not to constantly worry about survival, to imagine what goes on beyond the diligence and precision these men armor themselves with.
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Summary: The Human And Sentimental Aspects of Civil War
Review: The Civil war was not one of the historical events that I have vast knowledge of. I was inspired to purchase this trilogy after captivated by the movies "Gettysburg" and "Gods And Generals". While it may be unfair to compare the books with the movies, I do find all the characters and events concerned more alive and intresting in the pages of this trilogy. Even though the trilogy has been categorized as fiction, the line between facts and fictions becomes blurred not far into the reading. Perhaps it does not take much effort for a Civil war buff to spot the two, it really does not matter much. After all, these books may never be used in a history class. The heart of the matter in these pages is the human and sentimental aspects of a war that shaped a great nation. It is the frustrations, struggles, and personal decisions of Robert Lee, Winfield Scott Hancock, and many others that give life to this trilogy. In comparison, their involvement in the war itself seems almost just a mere call of duty, dealing with methodical affairs of planning military strategies. The continuity of the trilogy would have been perfect had there not been a slight difference in the writing styles (The Killer Angel was authored by Mr. Jefferey Shaara's father, Michael Shaara). Still, both authors deserve all the credits as the job was well done. In the media coverages nowadays that rarely show the emotional vulnerability of our soldiers in wars, this trilogy prompts me, one of the many fortunate ones that have the luxury not to constantly worry about survival, to imagine what goes on beyond the diligence and precision these men armor themselves with.
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Summary: The Greatest Group of books I've ever read.
Review: These are the best Civil War books I have ever read. They are fact based, have maps of each battle, and give the reader the personal side of all characters in these books. They tell the story of the Civil War through the eyes of such notable people as Robert E. Lee, Thomas Stonewall Jackson, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, and Ulysses S. Grant. God and Generals is set from late 1858 to mid-1863, The Killer Angels takes places during the battle of Gettysburg, and The Last Full Measure from Late July 1863 to the end of the war. Even if you do not know too much about the Civil War, you will still enjoy them and learn a lot too! These books are easy to read and understand, so you do not have to be an adult to enjoy them.
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Summary: The Most Treasured Civil War Series!
Review: These three books put you on the front lines of a soliders life that tore this country apart for four bloody long years. These books were excellently written. I am in the US Navy and even though I do own several war novels I sometimes lone them out to others. I even bought the set for my father who is in the Air National Gaurd. He keeps the set at work. My hat off to the author and his late father. Thank you for the great movie of Gettysburg. I own it and will never let it go. Thank you, S.M. Haldeman, USN
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Summary: Civil War Trilogy
Review: This are all great books. The movie "Gettysburg" inspired me to read "The Killer Angels." I was never one who liked to read much. I read when I had to, but I never read for pleasure. However, I could not put these books done. They sucked me right back into the 1860's. I felt I was there with "Stonewall" Jackson visiting his mothers grave, I felt that I helped Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain defend Little Round Top at Gettysburg. These are great books. They can take a person like myself who does not read much, and makes you not want to stop reading. These were the first books, that I actually finished. Alot of times, I started books, but I never finished them. I had to finish these books, because they were so great. These books will be part of my book collection forever.
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