Dec 26, 2009

The Killer Angels | What Do I Read Next

The Last Full Measure: A Novel (1998), by Jeff Shaara, takes up the story of what happened after the Battle of Gettysburg. Shaara, who is Michael Shaara’s son, covers Lee’s retreat from Pennsylvania and continues through the end of the war. He tells the story through the eyes of Lee, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, and Ulysses S. Grant. Readers may also be interested in Jeff Shaara’s novel, Gone for Soldiers (2000), which covers the action prior to Gettysburg.

The Red Badge of Courage (1895), by Stephen Crane, is one of the most famous novels set in the...