{"product_id":"the-killer-angels-the-classic-novel-of-the-civil-war-9780345444127","title":"The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War","description":"\u003cb\u003ePULITZER PRIZE WINNER - \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - The \"remarkable\" (Ken Burns), \"utterly absorbing\" (\u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e) Civil War classic that inspired the film \u003ci\u003eGettysburg, \u003c\/i\u003e with more than three million copies in print--now in a 50th anniversary edition featuring a new introduction by Jeff Shaara \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"My favorite historical novel . . . a superb re-creation of the Battle of Gettysburg, but its real importance is its insight into what the war was about, and what it meant.\"--James M. McPherson \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two conflicting dreams. One dreamed of freedom, the other of a way of life. Far more than rifles and bullets were carried into battle. There were memories. There were promises. There was love. And far more than men fell on those Pennsylvania fields. Bright futures, untested innocence, and pristine beauty were also the casualties of war. Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece is unique, sweeping, unforgettable--the dramatic story of the battleground for America's destiny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Shaara\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Jersey City in 1929 and graduated from Rutgers University in 1951. His early science fiction short stories were published in \u003ci\u003eGalaxy\u003c\/i\u003e magazine in 1952. He later began writing other works of fiction and published more than seventy short stories in many magazines, including \u003ci\u003eThe Saturday Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRedbook\u003c\/i\u003e. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Broken Place\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1968. But it was a simple family vacation to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1966 that gave him the inspiration for his greatest achievement, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel \u003ci\u003eThe Killer Angels\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1974. Michael Shaara went on to write two more novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Noah Conspiracy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFor Love of the Game\u003c\/i\u003e, which was published posthumously after his death in 1988.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50627674177810,"sku":"9780345444127","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-killer-angels-the-classic-novel-of-the-civil-war-9780345444127","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}