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Gettysburg : A Novel of the Civil War by William R. Forstchen and Newt Gingrich (2003, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSt. Martin's Press
ISBN-10031230935X
ISBN-139780312309350
eBay Product ID (ePID)7038617223
Product Key Features
Book TitleGettysburg : a Novel of the Civil War
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicWar & Military, Historical
Publication Year2003
FeaturesRevised
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorWilliam R. Forstchen, Newt Gingrich
Book SeriesThe Gettysburg Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight28.6 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-041381
Reviews"Two respected historians, one horrific battle - and the challenging question of "what if...'' Sure to become a Civil War classic...", "Two respected historians, one horrific battle - and the challenging question of "what if...'' Sure to become a Civil War classic to be read and remembered." - W.E.B. Griffin, author of Final Justice " Gettysburg is a creative, clever, and fascinating 'what if?' novel that promises to excite and entertain America's legions of Civil War buffs." - James Carville "As historical fiction this stands beside The Killer Angels . As an alternative history of Gettysburg, it stands alone. The mastery of operational history enables the authors to expand the story's scope. The larger-scale, more fluid battle of Gettysburg described is internally consistent, a logical consequence of the novel's challenging major premise. The narrative is so clear that the action can be followed without maps. And the characters are sometimes heartbreakingly true to their historical originals." - Dennis Showalter, former president of the Society of Military Historians "The novel Gettysburg puts forth a highly plausible and exciting scenario of a Confederate victory in the Pennsylvania campaign of 1863. The authors exhibit an in-depth knowledge of not only technical details, but also the various personalities of the leaders and how they could have reacted had things gone quite differently from history as we know it." - Don Troiani, noted Civil War artist, "Two respected historians, one horrific battle - and the challenging question of "what if...'' Sure to become a Civil War classic to be read and remembered." - W.E.B. Griffin, author of Final Justice "Gettysburg is a creative, clever, and fascinating 'what if?' novel that promises to excite and entertain America's legions of Civil War buffs." - James Carville "As historical fiction this stands beside The Killer Angels. As an alternative history of Gettysburg, it stands alone. The mastery of operational history enables the authors to expand the story's scope. The larger-scale, more fluid battle of Gettysburg described is internally consistent, a logical consequence of the novel's challenging major premise. The narrative is so clear that the action can be followed without maps. And the characters are sometimes heartbreakingly true to their historical originals." - Dennis Showalter, former president of the Society of Military Historians "The novel Gettysburg puts forth a highly plausible and exciting scenario of a Confederate victory in the Pennsylvania campaign of 1863. The authors exhibit an in-depth knowledge of not only technical details, but also the various personalities of the leaders and how they could have reacted had things gone quite differently from history as we know it." - Don Troiani, noted Civil War artist
Dewey Edition22
Series Volume NumberNo. 1
Dewey Decimal813.54
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisAfter five years of research, comes a novel that explores how a victory for Robert E. Lee at The Battle of Gettysburg might have truly changed the course, and outcome, of the Civil War., The Civil War is the American Iliad. Lincoln, Stonewall Jackson, Grant, and Lee still stand as heroic ideals, as stirring to our national memory as were the legendary Achilles and Hector to the world of the ancient Greeks. Within the story of our Iliad one battle stands forth above all others: Gettysburg. Millions visit Gettysburg each year to walk the fields and hills where Joshua Chamberlain made his legendary stand and Pickett went down to a defeat which doomed a nation, but in defeat forever became a symbol of the heroic Lost Cause. As the years passed, and the scars healed, the debate, rather than drifting away has intensified. It is the battle which has become the great "what if," of American history and the center of a dreamscape where Confederate banners finally do crown the heightsabove the town. The year is 1863, and General Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia are poised to attack the North and claim the victory that would end the brutal conflict. But Lee's Gettysburg campaign ended in failure, ultimately deciding the outcome of the war. Launching his men into a vast sweeping operation, of which the town of Gettysburg is but one small part of the plan, General Lee, acting as he did at Chancellorsville, Second Manassas, and Antietam, displays the audacity of old. He knows he has but one more good chance to gain ultimate victory, for after two years of war the relentless power of an industrialized north is wearing the South down. Lee's lieutenants and the men in the ranks, embued with this renewed spirit of the offensive embark on the Gettysburg Campaign that many dream "should have been." The soldiers in the line, Yank and Reb, knew as well that this would be the great challenge, the decisive moment that would decided whether a nation would die, or be created, and both sides were ready, willing to lay down their lives for their Cause. An action-packed and painstakingly researched masterwork by Newt Gingrich and William Forstchen, Gettysburg stands as the first book in a series to tell the story of how history could have unfolded, how a victory for Lee would have changed the destiny of the nation forever. In the great tradition of The Killer Angels and Jeff Shaara's bestselling Civil War trilogy, this is a novel of true heroism and glory in America's most trying hour., The year is 1863 and General Robert E. Lee and his army are poised to attack the North at Gettysburg. But Lee's campaign ended in failure, which has posed one of the great what if debates in American history. This title explores how a victory would have changed history's course.
LC Classification NumberPS3557.I4945G48 2003
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