![]() ![]() ![]() Major ad/promo first serial to Civil War Times Illustrated BOMC and QPB alternates author tour. This tendency toward caricature notwithstanding, Shaara has produced a stirring epigraph to his father's remarkable novel. Grant, more concerned about his supply of cigars than battle losses, comes across as a dolt. Haunted by Stonewall Jackson's ghost, 56-year-old Lee frequently appears to be a semisenile neurotic. And that sequel followed the 1993 Civil War epic Gettysburg. But the occasionally coarse grain of Shaara's characterizations is a problem. Exclusive: ‘Gettysburg’ Director Ronald Maxwell Updates on ‘The Last Full Measure’ and ‘Belle Starr’ 24 June 2013 by Gig Patta LRM Online It’s been a decade since Civil War drama Gods and Generals was in the theaters. Impressively researched, this deeply affecting work can't be faulted for inaccuracy or lack of detail. It then details Lee's 18-month cat-and-mouse game as he outmaneuvers Grant, despite overwhelming odds and terrible deprivation, concludes with Lee's surrender at Appomattox. Seen alternately through the eyes of Lee, Grant and Maine abolitionist Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the narrative begins with the successful Union ambush at Bristoe Station in October 1863. Concluding the Civil War trilogy that began with his father Michael's Pulitzer-winning The Killer Angels, Shaara (Gods and Generals) chronicles Lee's retreat from Gettysburg and his valiant efforts to defend northern Virginia from Grant's superior, better-supplied forces. ![]()
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