The Killer Angels. This is a book about the Civil War, with all of its death, blood, and destruction. It’s written by Michael Shaara. This book is all about the strategy and planning involved in the war, from the point of view from both the Confederates and the Union. Michael Shaara uses conversation and thoughts from the officers to tell about real plans and panic that happened in the Civil War. An example of when Sharra does this is when he wrote this in: “Chamberlain looked down, saw blood coming out of his boot. This keeps up, I’m in trouble. Foot wounds were always slow to heal. Wonder why?” (p. 306) Chamberlain had got shot in the foot, and was hobbling around the fight with a foot wound. When that happened, it seemed like the Union
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Will you tell him… how very sorry I am…” The energy failed. He felt himself flicker. But it was a long, slow falling, very quiet, very peaceful, rather still, but always the motion, the darkness closing in, and so he fell out of the light and away, far away, and was gone.”(p. 329) Armistead was a general for the Confederates, and was struck off of his horse when riding into battle. He didn’t end up trying to stop the person who was coming at him with a sword, because he already knew that they were going to lose the battle. He was carried off to the hospital, but there was nothing they could do for him, for his heart had been injured. He died in the hospital he was rushed to. Yet again, Shaara used his writing to show the time when Armistead died and hours leading up to his death. The Killer Angels was an extremely informative and accurate book, sometimes even sacrificing the story to include a fact of two. But it ended up being worth it at the climax when everything came together and created an interesting story. At some parts, like the climax, it was very interesting. At the camps when there wasn’t a battle, however, it ended up being quite boring. Michael Shaara used a mix of both historical fact and creative license to make a story with its ups and downs, but overall a very good
Will you tell him… how very sorry I am…” The energy failed. He felt himself flicker. But it was a long, slow falling, very quiet, very peaceful, rather still, but always the motion, the darkness closing in, and so he fell out of the light and away, far away, and was gone.”(p. 329) Armistead was a general for the Confederates, and was struck off of his horse when riding into battle. He didn’t end up trying to stop the person who was coming at him with a sword, because he already knew that they were going to lose the battle. He was carried off to the hospital, but there was nothing they could do for him, for his heart had been injured. He died in the hospital he was rushed to. Yet again, Shaara used his writing to show the time when Armistead died and hours leading up to his death. The Killer Angels was an extremely informative and accurate book, sometimes even sacrificing the story to include a fact of two. But it ended up being worth it at the climax when everything came together and created an interesting story. At some parts, like the climax, it was very interesting. At the camps when there wasn’t a battle, however, it ended up being quite boring. Michael Shaara used a mix of both historical fact and creative license to make a story with its ups and downs, but overall a very good