![]() ![]() “Though the events of this middle year of the Civil War have been recounted hundreds of times, they have rarely been re-created with such vigor and such picturesque detail.” - New York Times Book Review ![]() “An unparalleled achievement, an American Iliad, a unique work uniting the scholarship of the historian and the high readability of the first-class novelist.” - Walker Percy, author of the National Book Award–winning Moviegoer ![]() Very few books have enthralled me at the level this book does. Last time I read it, by the death of Jackson I was convinced that this really was the American Illiad. "Foote's writing really ascends to the heights of American prose in this volume. This is a must-listen for anyone interested in one of the bloodiest wars in America’s history. One learns not only what was happening on all fronts but also how the author discovered it during his years of exhaustive research. The word narrative is the key to this book’s extraordinary incandescence and truth: the story is told entirely from the point of view of the people involved. ![]() Focusing on the pivotal year of 1863, the second volume in Shelby Foote’s masterful narrative history brings to life some of the most dramatic and important moments in the Civil War, including the Battle of Gettysburg and Grant’s Vicksburg Campaign. 2 continues one of the most remarkable works of history ever fashioned. ![]()
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