The Killer Angels

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The Killer Angels is Michael Shaara’s Pulitzer Prize–winning historical novel about the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.

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instanceOf American novel
historical novel
war novel
adaptedInto film "Gettysburg" NERFINISHED
author Michael Shaara NERFINISHED
awarded Pulitzer Prize for Fiction NERFINISHED
awardYear 1975
basedOn historical accounts of the Battle of Gettysburg
centralEvent Pickett's Charge NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtistFirstEdition Don Ivan Punchatz NERFINISHED
exploresTheme duty
honor
leadership
morality
the nature of war
featuresCharacter George Pickett NERFINISHED
James Longstreet NERFINISHED
John Buford NERFINISHED
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain NERFINISHED
Robert E. Lee NERFINISHED
filmAdaptationDirector Ronald F. Maxwell NERFINISHED
filmAdaptationYear 1993
focusesOn Confederate Army of Northern Virginia NERFINISHED
Union Army of the Potomac NERFINISHED
genre historical fiction
military fiction
war fiction
hasISBN 978-0-345-34810-4
inspired Jeff Shaara's novel "Gods and Generals" NERFINISHED
Jeff Shaara's novel "The Last Full Measure" NERFINISHED
mediaType print
narrativePerspective multiple third-person limited viewpoints
notableFor detailed character studies of Civil War officers
dramatic depiction of the Battle of Gettysburg
originalLanguage English
pageCountFirstEdition 355
partOf unofficial Civil War trilogy with "Gods and Generals" and "The Last Full Measure"
publicationYear 1974
publisher David McKay Company NERFINISHED
setInBattle Battle of Gettysburg NERFINISHED
setInConflict American Civil War NERFINISHED
settingLocation Gettysburg, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
timeSettingEnd July 3, 1863
timeSettingStart June 30, 1863

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