Even though I knew how things were going to turn out for the battling armies, Shaara does a brilliant job of creating tension in this final section. The primary tension is the portrayal of what General Longstreet, General Lee’s second… Read More ›
Killer Angels
The Killer Angels Read-along Check-in #3: Day 2, July 2, 1863
In this section I continue to be intrigued by some of the reasons given for why the war is being waged and why some men chose to fight. The Southerners “called themselves Americans, but they were transplanted Englishmen” (158). I… Read More ›
The Killer Angels Read-along check-in #2: July 1, 1863
What struck me in this section is the amount of music mentioned–the music playing during the marches and battle, the soldier’s talk of music, and particularly the conversation about the bugle calls of Dan Butterfield. I didn’t know that Taps… Read More ›
The Killer Angels Read-along check-in #1: June 29, 1863
The Killer Angels Read-Along Are you reading The Killer Angels? Yes–How’s it going?No–Why not?! I read the first section as planned, up to the end of Monday, June 29, 1863. Where you able to stop at the end of the… Read More ›
The Killer Angels July Read-A-Long
The Killer Angels cover collage The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara is a novel about the Battle of Gettsyburg which took place July 1-3, 1863. The battle was a big turning point in the Civil War and the novel was… Read More ›