After more than a quarter of a century and three million copies
in print, Michael Shaara 's Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War
classic, “The ”Killer Angels, remains as vivid and powerful as
the day it was originally published. This handsome new hardcover
edition introduces a whole new generation to Shaara's
masterpiece-and offers readers everywhere a literary keepsake
for years to come. July 1863. The Confederate Army of Northern
Virginia is invading the North. General Robert E. Lee has made
this daring and massive move with seventy thousand men in a
determined effort to draw out the Union Army of the Potomac and
mortally wound it. His right hand is General James Longstreet, a
brooding man who is loyal to Lee but stubbornly argues against
his plan. Opposing them is an unknown factor: General George
Meade, who has taken command of the Army only two days before
what will be perhaps the crucial battle of the Civil War. In the
four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history,
two armies fight for two co