A Blaze of Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Shiloh
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781299178663 (1299178669)
Publish date: January 1st 2012
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
History,
Literature,
Historical Fiction,
War,
Military,
Education,
American History,
19th Century,
Military History,
Civil War,
American Civil War
Series: Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater (#1)
I have read some of Jeff Shaara's Revolutionary War novels, which were quite good, so I was looking forward to reading this novel that takes place during the Civil War at the Battle of Shiloh. After abandoning the city of Nashville, General Johnston and the Rebel troops are hunkered down in Tennesse...
In his latest book, A Blaze of Glory, Jeff Shaara returns to the roots of the writing legacy created by himself and his father, Michael—the American Civil War. This time Shaara heads to the lesser known western campaign of the war, the struggle along the Mississippi River in which Gen. U. S. Grant e...
great study of the people behind the action. I'm not a civil war person so the absence of tactics made this very spray appealing. I don't live far from Corinth, and after reading this I may have to visit there now.
I won this on First Reads and this convinces me beyond all doubt that I don't like historical fiction. So why did you enter the drawing? Glad you asked. I enjoy reading about the civil war, so I figured maybe that would make it interesting enough to be a fun read.No such luck.I think part of the dil...
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