| Stars in Their Courses: The Gettysburg Campaign, June-July 1963 Contributor(s): Foote, Shelby (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679601120 ISBN-13: 9780679601128 Publisher: Modern Library OUR PRICE: $21.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1994 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - United States - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
| Dewey: 973.734 |
| LCCN: 94196068 |
| Series: Modern Library of the World's Best Books |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 4.98" W x 7.58" (0.71 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A matchless account of the Battle of Gettysburg, drawn from Shelby Foote's landmark history of the Civil War Shelby Foote's monumental three-part chronicle, The Civil War: A Narrative, was hailed by Walker Percy as "an unparalleled achievement, an American Iliad, a unique work uniting the scholarship of the historian and the high readability of the first-class novelist." Here is the central chapter of the central volume, and therefore the capstone of the arch, in a single volume. Complete with detailed maps, Stars in Their Courses brilliantly recreates the three-day conflict: It is a masterly treatment of a key great battle and the events that preceded it--not as legend has it but as it really was, before it became distorted by controversy and overblown by remembered glory. |