Michael Shaara (1928–1988)
Forfatter af The Killer Angels
Om forfatteren
Michael Shaara was a novelist, short story writer, and educator. He was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on June 23, 1928. Shaara earned a B.S. from Rutgers University and did graduate work at Columbia University and the University of Vermont. Shaara spent two years in the service, worked as a vis mere policeman and a sailor, and became associate professor at Florida State University in 1961. From 1961 to 1965 he wrote, produced, and performed in a show for educational television. Shaara published a novel in 1974 titled, The Killer Angels. The novel told the story of the Battle of Gettysburg from the point of view of the men fighting it. It received the Pulitzer Prize in 1975. In 1993, the novel was the basis for the motion picture Gettysburg. Shaara also published more than 70 short stories that appeared in several U.S. and foreign publications and wrote several more novels. Shaara died on May 5, 1988. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Image credit: courtesy of Jeff Shaara
Serier
Værker af Michael Shaara
The Civil War Trilogy: Gods and Generals / The Killer Angels / The Last Full Measure (1999) 176 eksemplarer
Soldier Boy [short story] 4 eksemplarer
Grenville's Planet 3 eksemplarer
Potential Enemy 2 eksemplarer
Cool Neighbor 2 eksemplarer
Galaxy 2 eksemplarer
Lighthouse 2 eksemplarer
The Peeping Tom Patrol [short fiction] 2 eksemplarer
Death Of A Hunter 1 eksemplar
Der dunkle Engel [short story] 1 eksemplar
L'ARALDO DELLO STERMINIO 1 eksemplar
Tod des Bürgers Jell [short story] 1 eksemplar
Time Payment 1 eksemplar
Citizen Jell 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction, Volume 9: Robots (1989) — Bidragyder — 113 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction, Volume 8: Monsters (1988) — Forfatter, nogle udgaver — 69 eksemplarer
The Greatest War Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Four Incredible War Tales (2001) — Bidragyder — 29 eksemplarer
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- Juridisk navn
- Sciarra, Michael Joseph, Jr.
- Fødselsdato
- 1928-06-23
- Dødsdag
- 1988-05-05
- Begravelsessted
- Culley's MeadowWood Memorial Park, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
- Bopæl
- Jersey City, New Jersey, USA (birth)
Tallahassee, Florida, USA - Uddannelse
- Rutgers University
- Erhverv
- police officer
novelist - Relationer
- Shaara, Jeffrey (son)
Shaara, Lila (daughter) - Organisationer
- United States Army
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- 28
- Also by
- 21
- Medlemmer
- 9,462
- Popularitet
- #2,539
- Vurdering
- 4.2
- Anmeldelser
- 202
- ISBN
- 105
- Sprog
- 4
- Udvalgt
- 19
This novel has great characters and descriptions of the battle without getting too bogged down for non-military readers. I found myself wanting a bit more detail on the tactics and strategy, as well as the basic events of the battle that were taking place away from the main characters, but the characters and engagements that received focus were extremely well presented.
I enjoyed the literary device of each chapter being in the voice and inner thoughts of a different character, which provided more insight than was possible in the movie Gettysburg. For example, in the movie Chamberlain is talking to Kilrain and brings up the quote from Hamlet, "how like an angel" and Kilrain retorts "killer angel". In the book, it was a memory of his days as a student studying Shakespeare and he had written a speech about this quote and shared it with his father, who retorted "murderous angel" and he had then revised his speech around that idea and gave the speech with great success, and his father was very proud of him. Later he feels this same sense of pride after his actions on Little Round Top on Day 2.
The novel also does so much than the movie can to show the inner anguish of Longstreet.
There are other notable differences with the film, which makes it seem like Reynolds and the 1st Corps were already well on their way on June 30th to support Buford, when the book makes it clear no one is coming until Buford sends urgent messages, and another officer besides Reynolds might have not hurried so quickly which would have led to an entirely different outcome of the battle.
A very satisfying read.… (mere)