**After more than a quarter of a century and three million copies in
print, Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War classic, The
Killer Angels, remains as vivid and powerful as the day it was
originally published. This handsome new hardcover edition introduces a
whole new generation to Shaara's masterpiece-and offers readers
everywhere a literary keepsake for years to come.
**
July 1863. The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia is invading the
North. General Robert E. Lee has made this daring and massive move with
seventy thousand men in a determined effort to draw out the Union Army
of the Potomac and mortally wound it. His right hand is General James
Longstreet, a brooding man who is loyal to Lee but stubbornly argues
against his plan. Opposing them is an unknown factor: General George
Meade, who has taken command of the Army only two days before what will
be perhaps the crucial battle of the Civil War.
In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two
armies fight for two conflicting dreams. One dreams of freedom, the
other of a way of life. More than rifles and bullets are carried into
battle. The soldiers carry memories. Promises. Love. And more than men
fall on those Pennsylvania fields. Bright futures, untested innocence,
and pristine beauty are also the casualties of war.
The Killer Angels is unique, sweeping, unforgettable-a dramatic
re-creation of the battleground for America's destiny.
