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This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject, potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral. He was born new jersey but spent his childhood in tallahassee, florida and later graduated from florida university with a bachelors degree in criminology in 1974. Jeff shaara is an american novelist of historical fiction. A novel of the civil war ebook written by jeff shaara. Jeff shaara the fateful lightning on virtual book signing. The fateful lightning book covers general sherman after he takes atlanta until the end of the war. For the first few pages, i wondered where shaara was going. Praise for the fateful lightning powerful and emotional. New york times bestseller from jeff shaara comes the riveting final installment in the civil war series that began with a blaze of glory and continued in a chain of thunder and the smoke at dawn. The fateful lightning is a book by jeff shaara, the final installment of a 4part series covering the western theater of the american civil war. Large print and audio books are now available for preorder as well. His bestselling civil war series includes the books a blaze of glory, a chain of thunder, the smoke at dawn, and the fateful lightning. Now he continues the amazing saga of how thirteen colonies became a nation, taking the conflict from kingdom and courtroom to the bold and bloody battlefields of war. Jeff shaara is the new york times bestselling author of a chain of thunder, a blaze of glory, the final storm, no less than victory, the steel wave, the rising tide, to the last man, the glorious cause, rise to rebellion, and gone for soldiers, as well as gods and generals and the last full measuretwo novels that complete the civil war trilogy that began with his fathers pulitzer prize.
As the civil war rolls into its fourth bloody year, the tide has turned decidedly in. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. As the civil war rolls into its fourth bloody year, the tide has turned decidedly in favor of the union.
He takes historical battlescampaigns and puts you into the events. New york times bestseller from jeff shaara comes the riveting final installment in. A novel of the civil war the 4 th and final volume in the war in the west series, dealing with the extraordinary drama of shermans march, and the final days of the war in the carolinas. The fateful lightning by jeff shaara overdrive rakuten. In 1974, jeff graduated with a degree in criminology from florida state university. He has written novels set during the civil war, usmexican war, american revolution, world war i and world war ii jeff shaara became a published author in 1996 with gods and generals, one of the novels he is best known for. Now i turn to the first world war, in jeff shaaras historical novel, to the last man. While it is fiction, it is historically accurate and gives you a feeling of what it was really like being in on the decision making event.
A novel of the first world war 2004 is a historical novel written by jeff shaara about the experience of a number of combatants in world war i. Jeff shaara joined virtual book signing on june 11, 2015 to discuss his new book, the fateful lightning. Union victories at vicksburg and gettysburg have proven to be the turning point in the civil war. Preorders are now being accepted for my new novel, to wake the giant, a story that deals with pearl harbor.
Novelist jeff shaara on why the civil war continues to. Jeff shaara is an american author and the son of the late bestselling author of science fiction, and historical fiction michael shaara. A novel of the civil war kindle edition by shaara, jeff. Praise for jeff shaaras new civil war series the fateful lightning outstanding. Review of the fateful lightning by jeff shaara posted on october 18, 2015 by rhapsodyinbooks this fictionalized account of the march to the sea by general sherman and its immediate aftermath near the end of the civil war has good and bad points. From new york times bestselling author jeff shaara comes the riveting final installment in the civil war series that began with a blaze of glory and continued in a chain of thunder and the smoke at dawn.
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Praise for jeff shaaras new civil war series the fateful lightning powerful and emotional. A list of all jeff shaaras series in reading order. The rising tide is the first of a planned trilogy about wwii. Pershing with american troops on the western front in 1917. Thats novel, because while shaara bases his books on firstperson documents, contemporary correspondence, and facts, he also adds assumed and imagined dialogue and some actions, in order to help the reader better understand and imagine the feelings and. The fateful lightning by jeff shaara publishers lunch. He grew up in tallahassee, florida, and graduated from florida state university in 1974, with a degree in criminolog. Jeff shaara, a son of italian immigrant, was born in new brunswick, new jersey in 1952. Sherman, william hardee, and an escaped slave, who see the fight from very different sides. Jeff shaara books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography barnes. Jeff shaara is the new york times bestselling author of the smoke at dawn, a chain of thunder, a blaze of glory, the final storm, no less than victory, the steel wave, the rising tide, to the last man, the glorious cause, rise to rebellion, and gone for soldiers, as well as gods and generals and the last full measure two. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the fateful lightning. Jeff shaara has gone miles beyond griffin in taking real people, real events, adding just a bit of imagination and turning actual history into great fiction. Jeff shaara, a descendant of italian immigrants was born in 1952 in new brunswick, new jersey shaara was originally spelled sciarra. The novel is based on the arrival of general john j.
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