The Killer Angels | Shaara's Historical Material
Aubrey holds a Ph.D. in English. In this essay, he argues that in The Killer Angels, Shaara presents his historical material in a manner that clearly favors the northern cause in the Civil War.
Michael Shaara’s riveting novel about the Battle of Gettysburg presents in novelistic form some of the political and social factors that divided the North from the South during the Civil War years, and in the dialogue he carefully selects spokesmen on both sides who argue that their cause is the just and right one. In writing the novel, Shaara states in his note “To the Reader,” the author went back to the actual words of the men who participated in the battle, as recorded in letters and other documents. He states that to his knowledge, he changed no facts, and he adds, “Though I...
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