The Killer Angels: A Novel of the Civil War

By Michael Shaara

A Pulitzer Prize winner and the beginning of the Shaara dynasty, The Killer Angels is the story of the battle of Gettysburg told from the point of view of the leaders [including Joshua L. Chamberlain, Bowdoin College Class of 1852] and the men who fought there. In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies battled over conflicting dreams. One dreamed of freedom, the other of a way of life. Far more than rifles and bullets were carried into battle. There were memories. There were promises. There was love. And far more than men fell on those Pennsylvania fields. Bright futures, untested innocence, and pristine beauty were also the casualties of war.