Michael Shaara
Born
in Jersey City, New Jersey, The United States
June 23, 1928
Died
May 05, 1988
Website
Genre
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
12 editions
—
published
1974
—
|
|
|
The Civil War Trilogy: Gods and Generals / The Killer Angels / The Last Full Measure
8 editions
—
published
1999
—
|
|
|
For Love of the Game
11 editions
—
published
1991
—
|
|
|
The Herald
by
5 editions
—
published
1981
—
|
|
|
Conquest Over Time
23 editions
—
published
2010
—
|
|
|
The Rebel in Autumn
3 editions
—
published
2013
—
|
|
|
Soldier Boy
8 editions
—
published
1982
—
|
|
|
The Broken Place
6 editions
—
published
1968
—
|
|
|
All the Way Back
|
|
|
The Book
17 editions
—
published
1953
—
|
|
Related News
You might know comedian Colin Jost from his work as the co-anchor of Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update, or perhaps you know him as Scarlett...
140 likes · 45 comments
“There's nothing so much like a god on earth as a General on a battlefield.”
― The Killer Angels
― The Killer Angels
“The truth is, Colonel, that there's no divine spark, bless you. There's many a man alive no more value than a dead dog. Believe me, when you've seen them hang each other...Equality? Christ in Heaven. What I'm fighting for is the right to prove I'm a better man than many. Where have you seen this divine spark in operation, Colonel? Where have you noted this magnificent equality? The Great White Joker in the Sky dooms us all to stupidity or poverty from birth. no two things on earth are equal or have an equal chance, not a leaf nor a tree. There's many a man worse than me, and some better, but I don't think race or country matters a damn. What matters is justice. 'Tis why I'm here. I'll be treated as I deserve, not as my father deserved. I'm Kilrain, and I God damn all gentlemen. I don't know who me father was and I don't give a damn. There's only one aristocracy, and that's right here - " he tapped his white skull with a thick finger - "and YOU, Colonel laddie, are a member of it and don't even know it. You are damned good at everything I've seen you do, a lovely soldier, an honest man, and you got a good heart on you too, which is rare in clever men. Strange thing. I'm not a clever man meself, but I know it when I run across it. The strange and marvelous thing about you, Colonel darlin', is that you believe in mankind, even preachers, whereas when you've got my great experience of the world you will have learned that good men are rare, much rarer than you think.”
― The Killer Angels
― The Killer Angels
“He bent down, scratched the black dirt into his fingers. He was beginning to warm to it; the words were beginning to flow. No one in front of him was moving. He said, "This is free ground. All the way from here to the Pacific Ocean. No man has to bow. No man born to royalty. Here we judge you by what you do, not by what your father was. Here you can be something. Here's a place to build a home. It isn't the land--there's always more land. It's the idea that we all have value, you and me, we're worth something more than the dirt. I never saw dirt I'd die for, but I'm not asking you to come join us and fight for dirt. What we're all fighting for, in the end, is each other.”
― The Killer Angels
― The Killer Angels
Polls
HISTORICAL FICTION POLL "A"
There will be a series of polls to begin putting together a potential reading list for the "historical fiction folder". I have divided the books into groups of 15 books apiece. Make sure to choose your favorite from each poll and make sure to vote in each of these polls so that we can generate a list according to priorities and interests.
There will be a series of polls to begin putting together a potential reading list for the "historical fiction folder". I have divided the books into groups of 15 books apiece. Make sure to choose your favorite from each poll and make sure to vote in each of these polls so that we can generate a list according to priorities and interests.
Topics Mentioning This Author
topics | posts | views | last activity | |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Next Best Boo...: OFFICIAL SPRING CHALLENGE - 2009 | 6412 | 8985 | Jun 14, 2009 02:57PM | |
European Royalty: Jul 1 - Aug 1: Nominating | 20 | 39 | Jun 15, 2009 06:41PM | |
Glens Falls (NY) ...: From Writer's Almanac: Book rejected 15 times... wins Pulitzer Prize. | 1 | 6 | Jun 23, 2009 12:13PM | |
The Seasonal Read...: By Blood or Marriage (25.2) | 41 | 397 | Aug 24, 2009 02:23PM | |
The Seasonal Read...: FALL CHALLENGE 2009 QUESTIONS | 921 | 976 | Nov 29, 2009 04:46PM | |
The History Book ...: HF - KILLER ANGELS - SYLLABUS | 7 | 88 | Dec 13, 2009 06:55AM | |
The History Book ...: 1. KILLER ANGELS (HF) ~ FOREWARD, CHAPTER 1 (IX - XV + THE SPY) (01/04/10 - 01/10/10) ~ No spoilers, please | 48 | 79 | Jan 11, 2010 12:15PM | |
The History Book ...: HISTORICAL FICTION POLLS | 6 | 340 | Jan 21, 2010 12:04AM |