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| Jeff Shaara's Civil War Battlefields: Discovering America's Hallowed Ground | 
 enlarge | Author: Jeff Shaara
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Category: Book
List Price: $18.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (16 reviews)
Sales Rank: 45082
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 0345464885
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.73
EAN: 9780345464880
ASIN: 0345464885
Publication Date: April 25, 2006
Release Date: April 25, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
TRAVEL THROUGH A PIVOTAL TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY
Jeff Shaara, America?s premier Civil War novelist, gives a remarkable guided tour of the ten Civil War battlefields every American should visit: Shiloh, Antietam, Fredericksburg/Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, New Market, Chickamauga, the Wilderness/Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg/Appomattox. Shaara explores the history, the people, and the places that capture the true meaning and magnitude of the conflict and provides
? engaging narratives of the war?s crucial battles
? intriguing historical footnotes about each site
? photographs of the locations?then and now
? detailed maps of the battle scenes
? fascinating sidebars with related points of interest
From Antietam to Gettysburg to Vicksburg, and to the many poignant destinations in between, Jeff Shaara?s Civil War Battlefields is the ideal guide for casual tourists and Civil War enthusiasts alike.
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 Thoughtful, informative June 12, 2008
This is an interesting treatment of Civil War battlefields, providing background, tour information, and the author's perspectives. The chapters on each battle are the right length, and the graphics are very helpful. A very worthwhile purchase.
 If only they had used this book in high school.. April 30, 2008
... I would have been interested in history sooner. It answers one of the most commonly asked questions a bored high schooler asks: "Why should I care about this?". Example, Antietam led to the Emancipation Proclamation being signed when did.
I've read most of Shaara's work but this really brings the battle fields home in a way that is spooky. His descriptions are vivid since they juxtapose the way it was in 1864 with current scenery and instructs you to drive down this lane; park here; go down this road till you hit the fence and face north west. Your are standing where a general stood. Creepy and amazing.
Someday, I taking this book on a road trip with me.
an excellent travel companion March 31, 2008
I purchased this book in 2007 just before embarking on a mammoth civil war battlefield tour. I found it an excellent quick refresher course on the history of the battles. I found that reading the section specific to the following days battlefield exploration made it much easier to plan and understand what I was seeing. Gettysburg, Petersburg, Fredericksburg, and Shiloh were all made far more enjoyable by this well written travelling companion.
I highly recommend this book to anyone considering exploring some of America's most hallowed ground.
Great! January 14, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Product arrived in a timely manner and was in perfect condition. Can't ask for anything more.
Another Great One! September 16, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Another great book. Read it in two days. Very informative and written well.
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