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- Book Title
- Chain of Thunder : a Novel of the Siege of Vicksburg
- Publication Name
- A Chain of Thunder
- Title
- A Chain of Thunder
- EAN
- 9780345527394
- ISBN
- 9780345527394
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Release Year
- 2014
- Release Date
- 06/05/2014
- Item Height
- 1.3in
- Item Length
- 8in
- Item Width
- 5.3in
- Item Weight
- 15.7 Oz
- Language
- English
- Subtitle
- A Novel of the Siege of Vicksburg
- ISBN-10
- 0345527399
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Genre
- Fiction
- Series
- Civil War in the West
- Topic
- War & Military, Action & Adventure, Historical
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Number of Pages
- 608 Pages
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Continuing the series that began with A Blaze of Glory, Jeff Shaara returns to chronicle another decisive chapter in America's long and bloody Civil War. In A Chain of Thunder, the action shifts to the fortress city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. There, in the vaunted "Gibraltar of the Confederacy," a siege for the ages will cement the reputation of one Union general-and all but seal the fate of the rebel cause. In May 1863, after months of hard and bitter combat, Union troops under the command of Major General Ulysses S. Grant at long last successfully cross the Mississippi River. They force the remnants of Confederate Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton's army to retreat to Vicksburg, burning the bridges over the Big Black River in its path. But after sustaining heavy casualties in two failed assaults against the rebels, Union soldiers are losing confidence and morale is low. Grant reluctantly decides to lay siege to the city, trapping soldiers and civilians alike inside an iron ring of Federal entrenchments. Six weeks later, the starving and destitute Southerners finally surrender, yielding command of the Mississippi River to the Union forces on July 4-Independence Day-and marking a crucial turning point in the Civil War. Drawing on comprehensive research and his own intimate knowledge of the Vicksburg Campaign, Jeff Shaara once again weaves brilliant fiction out of the ragged cloth of historical fact. From the command tents where generals plot strategy to the ruined mansions where beleaguered citizens huddle for safety, this is a panoramic portrait of men and women whose lives are forever altered by the siege. On one side stand the emerging legend Grant, his irascible second William T. Sherman, and the youthful "grunt" Private Fritz Bauer; on the other, the Confederate commanders Pemberton and Joseph Johnston, as well as nineteen-year-old Lucy Spence, a civilian doing her best to survive in the besieged city. By giving voice to their experiences at Vicksburg, A Chain of Thunder vividly evokes a battle whose outcome still reverberates more than 150 years after the cannons fell silent. Praise for A Chain of Thunder " Jeff Shaara continues to draw powerful novels from the bloody history of the Civil War. . . . The dialogue intrigues. Shaara aptly reveals the main actors- Grant, stoic, driven, not given to micromanagement; Sherman, anxious, high-strung, engaged even when doubting Grant's strategy. . . . Worth a Civil War buff's attention." - Kirkus Reviews "Searing . . . Shaara seamlessly interweaves multiple points of view, as the plot is driven by a stellar cast of real-life and fictional characters coping with the pivotal crisis. . . . A riveting fictional narrative." - Booklist "Shaara's historical accuracy is faultless, and he tells a good story. . . . The voices of these people come across to the reader as poignantly as they did 150 years ago." -Historical Novels Review "The writing is picturesque and vibrant. . . . an engrossing tale." -Bookreporter
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0345527399
ISBN-13
9780345527394
eBay Product ID (ePID)
176407279
Product Key Features
Book Title
Chain of Thunder : a Novel of the Siege of Vicksburg
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
War & Military, Action & Adventure, Historical
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
608 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
15.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
2
Lc Classification Number
Ps3569.H18
Reviews
Praise for A Chain of Thunder "[Jeff] Shaara continues to draw powerful novels from the bloody history of the Civil War. . . . The dialogue intrigues. Shaara aptly reveals the main actors: Grant, stoic, driven, not given to micromanagement; Sherman, anxious, high-strung, engaged even when doubting Grant's strategy. . . . Worth a Civil War buff's attention." -- Kirkus Reviews "Searing . . . Shaara seamlessly interweaves multiple points of view, as the plot is driven by a stellar cast of real-life and fictional characters coping with the pivotal crisis. . . . [A] riveting fictional narrative." -- Booklist "Shaara's historical accuracy is faultless, and he tells a good story. . . . The voices of these people come across to the reader as poignantly as they did 150 years ago." --Historical Novels Review "The writing is picturesque and vibrant. . . . [an] engrossing tale." --Bookreporter From the Hardcover edition.
Copyright Date
2014
Lccn
2014-381550
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
The Civil War in the West Ser.
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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