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Book Review of The Killer Angels (Civil War, Bk 2)

The Killer Angels (Civil War, Bk 2)
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A Pulitzer Prize winner and rather recent contribution to the literature of the Civil War, this is both fact neatly entwined with fiction. Today it is still a classic recount of the Battle of Gettysburg told from both sides of the battle. As such it ranks among such classics as Crane's The Red Badge of Courage, Churchill's The Crisis, and the non-fiction of Bruce Catton. It is a striking contrast of the two combatant armies.