Gettysburg

Name: Gettysburg
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 2 (1 reviews)
Author: Stephen W. Sears
ISBN: 9780358718741

Author: Stephen W. Sears

Narrator: Jaime Renell

Unabridged: 21 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 10/26/2021

Categories: Nonfiction, History, Us History, Military History, United States Military

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

The greatest of all Civil War campaigns, Gettysburg was the turning point of the turning point in our nation’s history. Volumes have been written about this momentous three-day battle, but recent histories have tended to focus on the particulars rather than the big picture: on the generals or on single days of battle—even on single charges—or on the daily lives of the soldiers. In Gettysburg Sears tells the whole story in a single volume. From the first gleam in Lee’s eye to the last Rebel hightailing it back across the Potomac, every moment of the battle is brought to life with the vivid narrative skill and impeccable scholarship that has made Stephen Sears’s other histories so successful. Based on years of research, this is the first book in a generation that brings everything together, sorts it all out, makes informed judgments, and takes stands. Even the most knowledgeable of Civil War buffs will find fascinating new material and new interpretations, and Sears’s famously accessible style will make the book just as appealing to the general reader. In short, this is the one book on Gettysburg that anyone interested in the Civil War should own.

About Stephen W. Sears

STEPHEN W. SEARS is the author of many award-winning books on the Civil War, including Gettysburg and Landscape Turned Red. A former editor at American Heritage, he lives in Connecticut.,

Reviews

Goodreads review by robin on July 03, 2024

Sears' Study Of Gettysburg The Civil War, particularly the Battle of Gettysburg, retains its hold on the imagination of Americans. We seek to understand our country by studying the events of these terrible but formative years. The Civil War did indeed lead to a "new birth of freedom" in the United St......more

Goodreads review by Chris on February 25, 2023

I read this as research for my 2025 novel, and it was riveting. I know the Battle of Gettysburg well, but not like Stephen W. Sears. A treasure for historians and Civil War buffs -- and, yes, for novelists writing books set in the 1860s.......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on June 25, 2021

Stephen W. Sears’ Gettysburg provides a serviceable narrative history of the Civil War’s most famous battle. Sears is not one of my favorite Civil War historians: his writing style often reads as dry and overly absorbed in detail, while his biographical sketches of military and political leaders are......more

Goodreads review by Bob on September 13, 2016

A very detailed account of the battle. If you want a blow by blow, person by person narrative, this is it. Well written. I found the politicking of the generals interesting. Some things never change. Despite the fact it's life and death for the common soldier, many generals still are more interested......more

Goodreads review by Sean on August 13, 2024

I think I see the value of Sears' work. He is not an exacting historian. He is not an archive rat who will prove the precise location of a regiment in an obscure battle. He also has a defined bias against certain men who can seemingly do nothing right in this book (Howard, Slocum, Pleasanton, Kilpat......more