The Killer Angels is a novel by Michael Shaara that tells the story of the Battle of Gettysburg. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1975.
The novel follows the experiences of several military leaders during the battle, including Confederate General Robert E. Lee and Union Generals Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and John Buford. The book also follows the stories of several common soldiers, both Union and Confederate.
The novel is told from the perspective of the participants in the battle, and Shaara uses their words to recreate the events of the battle. The novel is a fictionalized account of the battle, but Shaara based his novel on extensive research and interviews with participants in the battle.
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