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A Review of Michael Shaara, The Killer Angles. New York: David McKay 1974. By Ankit Khanal. HTS 3009. 07/18/2017. The Killer Angels is a historical examination written by Michael Shaara that depicts the four days of the Battle of Gettysburg that took place during the American Civil War. The book presents both, factual retelling of events that took place, and the emotional experience of living it, using key points from both Confederate and Union sides. The book is written from the point of view

knows the story of the Battle of Gettysburg. Michael Shaara puts a little different spin on it in his book The Killer Angels. The book is a work of fiction, but based on facts and experiences from people that were there. Michael Shaara gives us all an inside look at the multiple points of views about the cause of the war. He tells the battle from the perspective of the Union, Confederates, and even a couple of people from other countries. In the book, Shaara is very good at putting a fictional twist

The Battle of Gettysburg, within the writings of Michael Shaara, is written in a narrative form retelling the events of the battle giving the reader the ability to visualize each scene as it unfolded in the past. The Battle of Gettysburg can be defined as the turning event during the Civil War. One of the bloodiest battles fought on American soil, Shaara explains the Battle of Gettysburg through the brutality the war brought. The Confederates fought on the offensive side and the Union defended the

Summary and analysis. The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara, tells the story of the Battle of Gettysburg. The story begins on June 29, 1863. A spy comes to Longstreet and informed him “I’ve got the position of the Union Army, they’re coming in seven crops. I figure at least eighty thousand men, possibly as much as a hundred thousand” (The Killer Angels 8). General Jeb Stuart was supposed to be tracking the Union Army, so this information surprises him. If the spy was right the army was in great danger

The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara is a historical novel which takes place during what many people consider the pivotal point of the Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg. The novel is narrated from the point of view of many of the top contenders, including Confederate Commander Robert E. Lee, Confederate Lieutenant General James Longstreet, and Union Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. Apart from the Battle of Gettysburg, the novel significantly deals with the North and the South’s reason for fighting

innocence, and love.Chamberlain led the Union army to victory and to it's people freedom.The author of Killer Angels use historical facts and creative license to make Chamberlain's honorable thoughts,words,and actions clear to the reader. First, Michael Shaara uses historical facts and creative license to make the story of the Battle of Gettysburg entertaining to the readers.According to the text, “Chamberlain bounded and slipped on wet rocks,forgetting his hurts,his throat stuffed…”(230).This supports

War is a complex event. Many different aspect go into the complicated planning of a war from amount of troops or supplies, layout of land and more. The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara gives a unquestionable vivid image of the Battle of Gettysburg. In this novel it took place in the span of three days and gives us the points of views from both the Union and Confederate armies. Mr. Shaara’s historical accuracy is spot on from the innermost thoughts of the characters to the geographical location and

together to the small town of Gettysburg and on the threshold of splitting the Union. Gettysburg was as close as the United States got to Armageddon and The Killer Angels gives this full day-to-day account of the battle that shaped America’s future. Michael Shaara author of “The Killer Angels,” tells the story of the Battle of Gettysburg through the eyes of generals Robert E. Lee, Joshua Chamberlain, James Longstreet, and John Buford, and the other men involved in the action of the battle. The historical

outcome of war and its battles is often determined by the attitudes of the leaders of the opposing sides, including their causes for the willingness to fight and to be fought. Such was the case with the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War. Michael Shaara’s The Killer Angels presents the leaders of the Army of the Potomac and the leaders of the Army of Northern Virginia with antithetical attitudes in relation to the Civil War. Although the causes of the leaders of the Union Army and the Confederate

This paper is a review of The Killer Angels is a book by the author, Michael Shaara in 1974. The book is on a narration of four days of the Battle of Gettysburg that took place during the American Civil War. The story is placed during the period between June 30, 1963 when both the Union and the Confederacy soldiers prepare for battle around the town of Gettysburg and the 1st to 3rd of July 1973 when the battle began to happen. The book starts with Harrison, Longstreet's spy gathering information