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Title: A Killer Angels Companion by D. Scott Hartwig ISBN: 0-939631-95-4 Publisher: Thomas Publications Pub. Date: October, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.88 (8 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: A Historian's Critical Eye
Comment: As a long time resident of South Central PA, I have visited Gettysburg dozens of times, have read 'The Killer Angels', seen the movie, read the Companion and have had the privilege to attend talks and tours given by Scott Hartwig.
Both in his talks and in the forward to 'Companion', Hartwig is genuinely complimentary of Shaara's work. But within his text, Hartwig's tenor seems to take a lawyer-like argumentative turn. I do not believe that he does so out of any malicious intent to undermine Shaara's fine work. Instead, I believe that Hartwig is attempting -as advertised- to create a clear deliniation between fact and fiction. Perhaps he could have reinforced his stated respect for Shaara the novelist throughout the 'Companion' but ultimately, Hartwig's loyalties are with historical fact. To that end he is quite successful. That in remaining faithful to fact, he has unintentionally stepped on toes is unfortunate because I truly believe that Hartwig does indeed hold Shaara in very high regard.
A very good companion.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not What I really Expected
Comment: I was excited when I bought this book as I loved the Killer Angels, but after buying this book during a recent visit to Gettysburg I was a bit disapointed. Hartwig does not really say what is accurate in the novel, instead he argues against what Shaara writes. He focuses on Lee, Chamberlain, Buford, Longstreet, and a bit on Pickett and Armisted but virtually ignores the other characters in the novel. Tom Chamberlain, Ellis Spear, Kilrain, Trimble, Pettigrew, Kemper, Garnett, and Harrison. I was personally more interested in these minor characters than in the ones that I already knew about, and this nook did not expand my knowledge of them. To me, this book was ok but not really what I expected.
Rating: 5
Summary: Exactly what I wanted.
Comment: When visiting Gettysburg National Military Park, considering its grand scale, it is best to have the facts when trying to picture in your mind what happened there. Scott Hartwig's descriptive book does just that by clarifying the difference between reality and the fiction work of Killer Angels by Shaara.
The "Companion" was a pleasure to read.
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Title: The Killer Angels (Cliffs Notes) by Debra A. Bailey ISBN: 0764585495 Publisher: Cliffs Notes Pub. Date: 05 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Through Blood and Fire at Gettysburg by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain ISBN: 1879664178 Publisher: Stan Clark Military Books Pub. Date: July, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Hallowed Ground : A Walk at Gettysburg by James M. McPherson ISBN: 0609610236 Publisher: Crown Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title:Gods and Generals ASIN: B00009OOFA Publisher: Warner Home Video Pub. Date: 02 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.97 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $14.98 |
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Title: The Last Full Measure by Jeffrey M. Shaara ISBN: 0345434811 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 02 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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