Bibliograph

The fateful lightning, a novel of the Civil War, Jeff Shaara

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The fateful lightning, a novel of the Civil War, Jeff Shaara

Language

eng

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maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The fateful lightning

Oclc number

890621187

Responsibility statement

Jeff Shaara

Series statement

Civil War series, bk. 4

Sub title

a novel of the Civil War

Summary

This concluding novel of Shaara's epic Civil War tetralogy tells the dramatic story of the final eight months of battle from multiple perspectives: the commanders in their tents making plans for total victory, as well as the ordinary foot soldiers and cavalrymen who carried out their orders until the last alarum sounded. Through William Tecumseh Sherman's eyes, we gain insight into the mind of the general who vowed to 'make Georgia howl' until it surrendered. In Johnston, we see a man agonizing over the limits of his army's power, and accepting the burden of leading the last desperate effort to ensure the survival of the Confederacy

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