The Star of Gettysburg
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Rating | : | 4.88 (624 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1406816884 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2013-03-30 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A story of Southern 'high tide', a 'complete romance', one in Altsheler's Civil War series
A measured description of the Battle of Gettysburg Dr. Glenn W. Briggs While many films and books have dwelt on graphic descriptions of the carnage associated with this most important battle in the Civil War, Joseph Altsheler presents a measured description of the unbridled violence of the Battle of Gettysburg, in consideration of his younger readers. However, the intensity of the battle, the horrific casualties, and intimate descriptions of the strategies employed in the battle, as experienced by Harry Kenton, the young Confederate soldier, are excellent. The fifth in the Altsheler series, the book continues with the alternatin