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Gone for Soldiers: A Novel of the Mexican War
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ISBN10: 0345427513
ISBN13: 9780345427519
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: Jul 3 2001
Pages: 448
Weight: 0.86
Height: 1.11 Width: 5.53 Depth: 8.24
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780345427519
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: Jul 3 2001
Pages: 448
Weight: 0.86
Height: 1.11 Width: 5.53 Depth: 8.24
Language: English
In this stunning, unforgettable novel, Jeff Shaara carries us back thirteen years before the Civil War, when that momentous conflict's most familiar names are fighting for another cause, junior officers marching under the same flag in an unfamiliar land, experiencing combat for the first time in the Mexican-American War. BRILLIANT DOES NOT EVEN BEGIN TO DESCRIBE THE SHAARA GIFT.
--Atlanta Journal-Constitution SHAARA RELIES ON THE HISTORY BEHIND THE MEN AND THEIR CAMPAIGNS TO TELL THE TALE. . . . Most poignant of all is the appearance of so many characters who will fight under opposing flags 13 years later. Stonewall Jackson shows up as a humorless young lieutenant with a spiritual reverence for his artillery, and Ulysses S. Grant awkwardly meets [Robert E.] Lee. . . . The salvaging of such episodes from history is ultimately a patriotic task, deserving of gratitude.
--The Washington Post Book World COMPELLING . . . THRILLING . . . Shaara briskly drives the U.S. forces to Mexico City, building suspense at each battle, all towards the climactic storming of the gates of the capital. . . . [He] has humanized the mythos of Lee as no one ever has and, in doing, makes an enduring contribution to literature.
--Civil War Book Review SHAARA, AS USUAL, IS AT HIS BEST IN ACTION AND CONFRONTATION AND IN EVOKING HOW IT FELT TO BE THERE.
--The Philadelphia Inquirer
--The Washington Post Book World COMPELLING . . . THRILLING . . . Shaara briskly drives the U.S. forces to Mexico City, building suspense at each battle, all towards the climactic storming of the gates of the capital. . . . [He] has humanized the mythos of Lee as no one ever has and, in doing, makes an enduring contribution to literature.
--Civil War Book Review SHAARA, AS USUAL, IS AT HIS BEST IN ACTION AND CONFRONTATION AND IN EVOKING HOW IT FELT TO BE THERE.
--The Philadelphia Inquirer
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