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A Blaze of Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Shiloh (the Civil War in the West)

09 Apr 2013

[An] exciting read . . . [Jeff] Shaara returns to the U.S. Civil War in this first book of a new trilogy. . . . This novel is meticulously researched and brings a vivid reality to the historical events depicted.Library Journal NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Spring 1862. The Confederate Army in the West teeters on the brink of collapse. General Albert Sidney Johnston is forced to abandon the critical city of Nashville and rally his troops in defense of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. Hot on Johnstons trail are two of the Unions best generals: Ulysses Grant and Don Carlos Buell. If their combined forces can crush Johnstons army and capture the railroad, the war in the West likely will be over. Theres just one problem: Johnston knows of the Union plans and is poised to launch an audacious surprise attack on Grants encampmenta small settlement in southwestern Tennessee anchored by a humble church named Shiloh. Drawing on meticulous research, Jeff Shaara dramatizes the key decisions of the commanders on both sides of the conflictand brings to life the junior officers, conscripts, and enlisted men who gave their all for the cause. With stunning immediacy, Shaara takes us inside the maelstrom of Shiloh as no novelist has before. Brilliant . . . riveting . . . a work to be embraced.Bookreporter Includes a preview of Jeff Shaaras next Civil War novel, A Chain of Thunder