
Take it from someone who’s not a Civil War buff—this telling of the Battle of Gettysburg is phenomenal. Shaara delves into the psyches of Lee, Longstreet, and the other major figures (including Joshua Chamberlain—this is the book the movie Gettysburg was based on), revealing how irrevocably the world was changing from old ways to new. Powerful and amazing—no wonder it won the Pulitzer back in the 1970s.