In short, this is the one book on Gettysburg that anyone interested in the Civil War should own. Listen online or offline with Android, iOS, web, Chromecast, and Google Assistant. Get instant access to all your favorite books. Even the most knowledgeable of Civil War buffs will find fascinating new material and new interpretations, and Sears's famously accessible style will make the book just as appealing to the general reader. Gettysburg audiobook written by Stephen W.
Based on years of research, this is the first book in a generation that brings everything together, sorts it all out, makes informed judgments, and takes stands. He is a former editor for American Heritage. The New York Times Book Review has called him arguably the preeminent living historian of the war’s eastern theater.
From the first gleam in Lee's eye to the last Rebel hightailing it back across the Potomac, every moment of the battle is brought to life with the vivid narrative skill and impeccable scholarship that has made Stephen Sears's other histories so successful. SEARS is the author of many award-winning books on the Civil War, including Gettysburg and Landscape Turned Red. In Gettysburg Sears tells the whole story in a single volume. Volumes have been written about this momentous three-day battle, but recent histories have tended to focus on the particulars rather than the big picture: on the generals or on single days of battle-even on single charges-or on the daily lives of the soldiers. The greatest of all Civil War campaigns, Gettysburg was the turning point of the turning point in our nation's history.
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