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A blaze of glory a novel of the Battle of Shiloh

It's the spring of 1862. The Confederate Army in the West teeters on the brink of collapse following the catastrophic loss of Fort Donelson. Commanding general Albert Sidney Johnston is forced to pull up stakes, abandon the critical city of Nashville, and rally his troops in defense of the Memp...

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Main Author: Shaara, Jeff, 1952-
Other Authors: Michael, Paul, (Actor.
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Books on Tape, p2012.
Subjects:
Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862 > Fiction.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Fiction.
War stories > Tennessee.
Audiobooks.
Historical fiction > Tennessee
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Summary: It's the spring of 1862. The Confederate Army in the West teeters on the brink of collapse following the catastrophic loss of Fort Donelson. Commanding general Albert Sidney Johnston is forced to pull up stakes, abandon the critical city of Nashville, and rally his troops in defense of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. Hot on Johnston's trail are two of the Union's best generals: the relentless Ulysses Grant, fresh off his career-making victory at Fort Donelson, and Don Carlos Buell. If their combined forces can crush Johnston's army and capture the railroad, the war in the West likely will be over. There's just one problem: Johnston knows of the Union plans, and is poised to launch an audacious surprise attack on Grant's encampment, a small settlement in southwestern Tennessee anchored by a humble church named Shiloh.
Item Description: Subtitle from container.
Unabridged.
Compact disc.
Physical Description: 15 sound discs (18 hr., 23 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN: 9780307989482 (library ed.) :
0307989488 (library ed.) :
Author Notes: Jeff Shaara was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey on February 21, 1952. He received a degree in criminology from Florida State University in 1974. He was a professional dealer in rare coins for many years and operated his own business in Tampa until the death of his father, Michael Shaara, in 1988, when he became actively involved in the elder Shaara's literary estate.

He continued his father's work by researching the history of the characters his father had brought to life in The Killer Angels, and in 1996 his prequel, Gods and Generals, was published. The book was awarded the American Library Association's Boyd Award for Excellence in Military Fiction and was adapted into a motion picture in 2003. His other works include The Last Full Measure, Rise to Rebellion, The Glorious Cause, The Steel Wave, No Less Than Victory, The Final Storm, A Blaze of Glory, A Chain of Thunder, The Smoke at Dawn, and The Fateful Lightning. He received another Boyd Award for To the Last Man.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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