Gettysburg / Stephen W. Sears.
"The greatest of all Civil War campaigns, Gettysburg was the turning point of the turning point in our nation's history. From the first gleam in Lee's eye to the last Rebel retreating back across the Potomac, Stephen W. Sears brings every moment of the battle to life with the vivid narrative skill and impeccable scholarship that has made him, in the words of the New York Times Book Review, "arguably the preeminent living historian of the war's eastern theater."" "Based on years of research, this is the first book in a generation that brings everything together, sorts it all out, makes informed judgements, and takes stands. In short, this is the one book on Gettysburg that anyone interested in the Civil War should own."--Jacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 0395867614
- ISBN: 9780395867617
- ISBN: 0618485384
- ISBN: 9780618485383
- Physical Description: xiv, 623 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Mariner Books edition.
- Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "A Mariner Book." |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 590-600) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | We Should Assume the Aggressive -- High Command in Turmoil -- The Risk of Action -- Armies on the March -- Into the Enemy's Country -- High Stakes in Pennsylvania -- A Meeting Engagement -- The God of Battles Smiles South -- We May As Well Fight It Out Here -- A Simile of Hell Broke Loose -- Determined to Do or Die -- A Magnificent Display of Guns -- The Grand Charge -- A Long Road Back -- Epilogue: Great God! What Does It Mean? -- The Armies at Gettysburg. |
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Subject: | Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863. Pennsylvania > Gettysburg. Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863. |
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Gettysburg
The greatest of all Civil War campaigns, Gettysburg was the turning point of the turning point in our nation's history. Volumes have been written about this momentous three-day battle, but recent histories have tended to focus on the particulars rather than the big picture: on the generals or on single days of battle -- even on single charges -- or on the daily lives of the soldiers. In Gettysburg Sears tells the whole story in a single volume. From the first gleam in Lee's eye to the last Rebel hightailing it back across the Potomac, every moment of the battle is brought to life with the vivid narrative skill and impeccable scholarship that has made Stephen Sears's other histories so successful. Based on years of research, this is the first book in a generation that brings everything together, sorts it all out, makes informed judgments, and takes stands. Even the most knowledgeable of Civil War buffs will find fascinating new material and new interpretations, and Sears's famously accessible style will make the book just as appealing to the general reader. In short, this is the one book on Gettysburg that anyone interested in the Civil War should own.