The four men meet on the field of battle for the first time at Fredericksburg, after which it seems that Lee will be able to overcome the odds and lead his army to victory. In Gods and Generals, Jeff Shaara sustains his father’s vision in an epic novel that follows the main characters of The Killer Angels on the tragic trail from Harper’s Ferry to Gettysburg.Īgainst the sweeping drama of the war stand the Commanders – Jackson, Hancock, Chamberlain, and Lee.
It was also the inspiration and served as the source for the screenplay for the 1993 movie, Gettysburg. The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara’s classic Civil War novel about the men who led the fight at the Battle of Gettysburg, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1975 and was a #1 bestseller. Jeff Sharra’s Gods and Generals, the prequel to The KIller Angels, written by author, MIchael Shaara’s son.
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