Profound in its insights into the minds and hearts of those who fought in the war, Gods and Generals creates a vivid portrait of the soldiers, the battlefields, and the tumultuous times that forever shaped the nation. Lee, never believing until too late that a civil war would ever truly come to pass. This is the question that haunts Gods and Generals, Jeff Shaara’s moving novel of the early years of the Civil War. Here is Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson, a hopelessly by-the-book military instructor and devout Christian who becomes the greatest commander of the Civil War Winfield Scott Hancock, a captain of quartermasters who quickly establishes himself as one of the finest leaders of the Union army Joshua Chamberlain, who gives up his promising academic career and goes on to become one of the most heroic soldiers in American history and Robert E. In this brilliantly written epic novel, Jeff Shaara traces the lives, passions, and careers of the great military leaders from the first gathering clouds of the Civil War.

4 Jeff followed his father's footsteps upon the latter's death, writing historical fiction and documenting the American wars and their most historically relevant characters. It tells the powerful story of the most important event in the history. He wrote Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure, which are the prequel and sequel, respectively, to his father Michael's award-winning novel The Killer Angels. Description The New York Times bestselling prequel to the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic The Killer Angels Gods and Generals, based on the best-selling book by Jeff Shaara, is such a movie.

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