{"product_id":"the-civil-war-trilogy-3book-boxset-gods-and-generals-the-killer-angels-and-the-last-full-measure-isbn-9780345433725","title":"The Civil War Trilogy 3-Book Boxset (Gods and Generals, The Killer Angels, and The Last Full Measure)","description":"Michael Shaara reinvented the war novel with his Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece of Gettysburg, \u003ci\u003eThe Killer Angels\u003c\/i\u003e. Jeff Shaara continued his father’s legacy with a series of centuries-spanning \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers. This volume assembles three Civil War novels from America’s first family of military fiction: \u003ci\u003eGods and Generals, The Killer Angels, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Last Full Measure\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGods and Generals\u003c\/i\u003e traces the lives, passions, and careers of the great military leaders—Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, Winfield Scott Hancock, Joshua Chamberlain—from the gathering clouds of war. \u003ci\u003eThe Killer Angels\u003c\/i\u003e re-creates the fight for America’s destiny in the Battle of Gettysburg, the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation’s history. And \u003ci\u003eThe Last Full Measure\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life the final two years of the Civil War, chasing the escalating conflict between Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant—complicated, heroic, and deeply troubled men—through to its riveting conclusion at Appomattox.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for Michael Shaara and Jeff Shaara’s Civil War trilogy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Brilliant does not even begin to describe the Shaara gift.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Shaara’s beautifully sensitive novel delves deeply in the empathetic realm of psycho-history, where enemies do not exist—just mortal men forced to make crucial decisions and survive on the same battlefield.”—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle, \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003eGods and Generals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Remarkable . . . a book that changed my life . . . I had never visited Gettysburg, knew almost nothing about that battle before I read the book, but here it all came alive.”—Ken Burns, on \u003ci\u003eThe Killer Angels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eThe Last Full Measure\u003c\/i\u003e is more than another historical novel. It is rooted in history, but its strength is the element of humanity flowing through its characters. . . . The book is compelling, easy to read, well researched and written, and thought-provoking. . . . In short, it is everything that a reader could ask for.”—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e“Brilliant does not even begin to describe the Shaara gift.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Shaara’s beautifully sensitive novel delves deeply in the empathetic realm of psycho-history, where enemies do not exist—just mortal men forced to make crucial decisions and survive on the same battlefield.”—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle, \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003eGods and Generals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Remarkable . . . a book that changed my life . . . I had never visited Gettysburg, knew almost nothing about that battle before I read the book, but here it all came alive.”—Ken Burns, on \u003ci\u003eThe Killer Angels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eThe Last Full Measure\u003c\/i\u003e is more than another historical novel. It is rooted in history, but its strength is the element of humanity flowing through its characters. . . . The book is compelling, easy to read, well researched and written, and thought-provoking. . . . In short, it is everything that a reader could ask for.”—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Shaara\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Jersey City in 1928 and graduated from Rutgers University in 1951. His early science fiction short stories were published in \u003ci\u003eGalaxy\u003c\/i\u003e magazine in 1952. He later began writing other works of fiction and published more than seventy short stories in many magazines, including \u003ci\u003eThe Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRedbook\u003c\/i\u003e. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Broken Place, \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in 1968. But it was a simple family vacation to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1964 that gave him the inspiration for his greatest achievement, the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel \u003ci\u003eThe Killer Angels, \u003c\/i\u003epublished in 1974. Michael Shaara went on to write two more novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Noah Conspiracy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFor Love of the Game, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was published after his death in 1988.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff Shaara\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Chain of Thunder, A Blaze of Glory,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Final Storm, No Less Than Victory, The Steel Wave, The Rising Tide, To the Last Man, The Glorious Cause, Rise to Rebellion, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Gone for Soldiers, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as \u003ci\u003eGods and Generals \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Last Full Measure\u003c\/i\u003e—two novels that complete the Civil War trilogy that began with his father’s Pulitzer Prize–winning classic, \u003ci\u003eThe Killer Angels\u003c\/i\u003e. Shaara was born into a family of Italian immigrants in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He grew up in Tallahassee, Florida, and graduated from Florida State University. He lives again in Tallahassee.","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233642426597,"sku":"NP9780345433725","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780345433725.jpg?v=1767738705","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-civil-war-trilogy-3book-boxset-gods-and-generals-the-killer-angels-and-the-last-full-measure-isbn-9780345433725","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}