The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

 

Author: Michael Shaara

Publication Date: January 1974

Time Setting: June 29, 1863 to July 3, 1863

Pages: 344

Geographical Setting: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Appeals: fast paced and it deals with events that historically occurred

Writing Style:  Compelling, Descriptive, and Conversational

Point of View: Third person

Subject: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Synopsis: 

Killer Angels follows Robert E. Lee, James Longstreet, Joshua Chamberlain, and John Buford throughout the crucial battle of Gettysburg. Shaara shows how each soldier profiled in the novel has an important impact on the battle’s outcome. Throughout the work, Shaara details how the venerable, Robert E. Lee is seeking this victory in Northern territory to propel the Union into peace talks. The book is very descriptive of the battle and what the soldiers endured during the battle.

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A Threat to Justice

Chuck Norris and Ken Abraham

Author: Chuck Norris, Ken Abraham, Aaron Norris, and Tim Grayem

Publication Date: September, 2007

Time Setting: 1865, just after the Civil War.

Pages: 262

Geographical Setting: Clinton, Missouri, San Francisico, Pulaski, Tennessee, and Washington, D.C.

Appeals: Fast paced, break neck action, some hints of jargon, good vs. evil dimesion, Christian and moralistic themes.

Writing Style:  mostly conversational

Point of View:  third person

Subject: Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Fiction. Western stories Historical fiction.

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