In the bestselling gods and generals, shaaras son, jeff, brilliantly sustained his fathers vision, telling the epic story of the events culminating in the battle of gettysburg. Jan 01, 2012 i have read every one of jeff shaaras historical fiction novels. A blaze of glory palm beach county library system overdrive. Jeff shaara books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography barnes. A fictional account of one of the bloodiest battles of the civil war, told from the perspectives of participants on both sides, recreates the april 1862 surprise attack by confederate forces on the union army at shiloh. In a blaze of glory, shaara begins a trilogy of books about the smaller battles of the civil war, in this case the battle of shiloh. Jeff shaara, a descendant of italian immigrants, was born in 1952 in new brunswick, new jersey shaara was originally spelled sciarra.
Albert sidney johnston, sherman, grant, and the foot soldiers who faced off for the first bloody tragedy of the war. Jeff shaara is the new york times bestselling author of a chain of thunder, a blaze of glory, the final storm, no less than victory, the steel wave, the rising tide, to the last man, the glorious cause, rise to rebellion, and gone for soldiers, as well as gods and generals and the last full measuretwo novels that complete the civil war trilogy that began with his fathers pulitzer prize. Jun 15, 2012 in the first novel of a spellbinding new trilogy, new york times bestselling author jeff shaara returns to the civil war terrain he knows best. A blaze of glory is the first of a new 4book series, set more in the western theater of the civil. The american library associations reference and users services association recognized the steel wave as a 2009 notable book. A novel of the first world war, and in 1997 for gods and generals. Download or read a blaze of glory 2012 in pdf, epub formats. Drawing on meticulous research, jeff shaara dramatizes the key decisions of the commanders on both sides of the conflictand brings to life the junior officers, conscripts, and enlisted men who gave their all for the cause. Now moyer and his team must stop not one, but two madmen on separate continents. Jeff shaara books list of books by author jeff shaara. These are well researched and put the reader into the mind of both the leaders and the shmucks on the ground during the key events of the wars. Through accounts revolving around grant, johnston, beauregard and others the story passes through the terrible battle to the aftermath, where both sides claimed victory, even though the confederates retreated. In the first novel of a spellbinding new trilogy, new york times bestselling author jeff shaara returns to the civil war terrain he knows best. Shaara was born into a family of italian immigrants in new.
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