Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Gods and Generals
Book Review: A Great Read, but now your committed to the trilogy
Summary: 5 Stars
If you have read and enjoyed Killer Angels, you will enjoy the same styles and characters. But you will have to then read the conclusion book for the Civil War, The Last Full Measure. Also try Gone for Soldiers: A Novel of the Mexican Warby Shaara, I knew very little about the Mexican campaign and it introduced Grant, Lee and other characters at the beginnings of their military careers.Book Review: A Great Work! Deserves our full attention.
Summary: 4 Stars
This book brings to live an extraordinary time in american history. The first book i read about the american civil war was Michael Shaara's Killer Angels, and finaly i started to understand what caused this conflict, but being a foreing to american history it caused my thirst for knowledge to grow, luckily, Jeff decided to complete his fathers work, and did a magnificent job. Finally i got a glimpse at the causes of this conflict, brought to live by a wonderfull, vivid, description of the early stages of this war, done from the point of view of the men who fought it, the soldiers. Jeff masterfully describes the horrors, the anguish, the antagonizing feelings that turned brother against brother, father against son, north against south, creating a wonderfull tapestry of scenes that brought to live this periode. Now, forgive me for living, but the next book in this marvelous father-son trilogy awaits me, bringing to conclusion this wonderfull, historical "tale".Book Review: A Marvelous Prequel to The Killer Angels
Summary: 5 Stars
A wonderful book written by Jeff Shaara as a prequel to his father, Michael Shaara, book The Killer Angels. Written about the years before the battle of Gettysburg in 1863, it is based from the point of view, thoughts, and feelings of Robert E. Lee, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, Winfield Scott Hancock, and Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. It begins with Lee at his estate in Arlington, Virginia and soon goes to his putting down John Brown's Raid. It goes on visiting the other men until the first shots are fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor to begin the war. The war goes on chronicling the lives of the men fighting and Jackson earns the nickname "Stonewall" at the battle of First Manassas. The victory for the Confederates at First Manassas, leads to the Seven Days campaign, Second Manassas, and the bloody draw at Antietam. The Confederates win the major battle of Fredricksburg in the winter of 1862. In May of 1863 the Confederates surprise the Union at Chancellorsville but Jackson is killed. We can now only await to read Killer Angels.Book Review: A Marvelous Prequel to The Killer Angels
Summary: 5 Stars
A wonderful book written by Jeff Shaara as a prequel to his father, Michael Shaara, book The Killer Angels. Written about the years before the battle of Gettysburg in 1863, it is based from the point of view, thoughts, and feelings of Robert E. Lee, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, Winfield Scott Hancock, and Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. It begins with Lee at his estate in Arlington, Virginia and soon goes to his putting down John Brown's Raid. It goes on visiting the other men until the first shots are fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor to begin the war. The war goes on chronicling the lives of the men fighting and Jackson earns the nickname "Stonewall" at the battle of First Manassas. The victory for the Confederates at First Manassas, leads to the Seven Days campaign, Second Manassas, and the bloody draw at Antietam. The Confederates win the major battle of Fredricksburg in the winter of 1862. In May of 1863 the Confederates surprise the Union at Chancellorsville but Jackson is killed. We can now only await to read Killer Angels.Book Review: A Nice Complement to History Books
Summary: 4 Stars
At the time this was written there are 240 reviews on this book so I will not go into details about the story but just my impressions of the book.
I liked the book due to its fast paced and "man on the ground" type of feel. Mr. Shaara writes well about battles and the history - in an overview sense - is mostly accurate mainly concentrating on Manassas, Fredricksburg and Chancellorsville.
As in most of Mr. Shaara's books this one is also "historical fiction", an oxymoron if you ever head one, and is a very interesting character study of the major players. I especially enjoyed the characters of Jackson and Chamberlin and give thanks to this book for sparking my interest in those two fascinating figures which prompted me to read more about them.
It is a very nice complement to history books and biographies I have previously read.