Jeff Shaaras Civil War Battlefields, Jeff Shaara
Jeff Shaaras Civil War Battlefields, Jeff Shaara
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Jeff Shaara's Civil War Battlefields
Discovering America's Hallowed Ground

Author: Jeff Shaara

Narrator: Robertson Dean

Unabridged: 9 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/17/2007

Synopsis

TRAVEL THROUGH A PIVOTAL TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY

Jeff Shaara, America’s premier Civil War novelist, gives a remarkable guided tour of the ten Civil War battlefields every American should visit: Shiloh, Antietam, Fredericksburg/Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, New Market, Chickamauga, the Wilderness/Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg/Appomattox. Shaara explores the history, the people, and the places that capture the true meaning and magnitude of the conflict and provides

• engaging narratives of the war’s crucial battles
• intriguing historical footnotes about each site
• photographs of the locations–then and now
• detailed maps of the battle scenes
• fascinating sidebars with related points of interest

From Antietam to Gettysburg to Vicksburg, and to the many poignant destinations in between, Jeff Shaara’s Civil War Battlefields is the ideal guide for casual tourists and Civil War enthusiasts alike.

About The Author

Jeff Shaara is the New York Times bestselling author of The Fateful Lightning, The Smoke at Dawn, A Chain of Thunder, A Blaze of Glory, The Final Storm, No Less Than Victory, The Steel Wave, The Rising Tide, To the Last Man, The Glorious Cause, Rise to Rebellion, and Gone for Soldiers, as well as Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure—two novels that complete the Civil War trilogy that began with his father’s Pulitzer Prize–winning classic, The Killer Angels. Shaara was born into a family of Italian immigrants in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He grew up in Tallahassee, Florida, and graduated from Florida State University. He lives in Gettysburg.Robertson Dean has acted on- and off-Broadway and in many leading roles at regional theaters throughout the United States. His film work includes Star Trek: Nemesis and Vanilla Sky.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ira on December 03, 2016

Being a huge Shaara fan, I knew going into this book was not going to be his typical style or for that matter a true history book. But it is what I was hoping for, I'm about to turn 50 and am planning a trip to Shiloh, because of all the books I've read and the fact I just love American Civil War his......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on August 08, 2019

Great guide to some of the Civil War's most important battlegrounds. Invaluable. Got me around Antietam and Gettysburg without a hitch. A great project!......more

Goodreads review by Amy Nielsen on January 16, 2012

This was great! It really inspired me to learn more about the Civil War, one I've been interested in for a long time having spent time in that proximity as a girl and visited Gettysburg on field trips. I did get a little bogged down trying to keep the details straight as the author described each ba......more

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