Michael Shaara
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
This Pulitzer Prize-winning classic centers around the key battle of the war: the battle of Gettysburg. In July of 1863, the Confederate Army, led by General Robert E. Lee, invaded the North, in order to deal a fatal blow to the Union Army. Lee's right hand man was the loyal General Longstreet. Opposing them was General George Meade, an unknown quantity at best. In the four most bloody and courageous days of the Civil War, their armies fought, one...
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • After more than a quarter of a century and three million copies in print, Michael Shaara’s Civil War classic, The Killer Angels, remains as vivid and powerful as the day it was originally published.
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...
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...
Author
Series
Civil War volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 31
Language
English
Description
The Civil War as seen by generals on both sides of the conflict. They are the Confederacy's Lee and Jackson, and the Union's Chamberlain and Hancock. The novel follows them from the start of the war to just before the Battle of Gettysburg. A prequel to The Killer Angels, a 1974 novel by the author's late father.
6) Gettysburg
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
On July 1, 1863, more than 150,000 Union and Confederate soldiers were drawn into one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. When it was all over, 50,000 men had paid the ultimate price. Today, Gettysburg is known as the turning point of the war and a pivotal event in American history. Featuring some of the most authentic Civil War battle scenes ever committed to film, and outstanding performances by the cast, "Gettysburg" accurately depicts the...
7) Gettysburg
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
This Civil War drama depicts the events and personal struggles of the Union and Confederate soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg.