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 ›
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 ›
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 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 ›