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| Gettysburg (.) | 
| Author: Stephen W. Sears
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Category: Book
List Price: $30.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  59 reviews
Sales Rank: 553987
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 623
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.2 x 1.1
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.7349
ASIN: B001D767OC
Publication Date: June 24, 2003
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| Customer Reviews:
 For hard core Civil War buffs only June 12, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I'm a layman, and I started reading this to better educate myself about Gettysburg before taking a trip there. My take is the author wrote this for an audience who is already familiar with the battle. There is a tremendous amount of detail and minutiae that may be interesting to some people, but was far more than I wanted (or needed) to know. Moreover, the author's dry style did not make these details particularly compelling. Needless to say, I didn't finish it and, on the advice of a friend, read Michael Shaara's "The Killer Angels" instead. Good call! If you want an involving book that will enhance your visit to the battlefield and/or give you an understanding of what happened, read Shaara. I gave Sears' book three stars because I certainly respect the level of scholarship that's here, but I do not recommend it for anyone who is not a Civil War buff.
 Not the same old...... May 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Not just a book of dates and numbers.In depth work on Gettysburg,full of excerpts from soldier accounts.Very detailed.If you want to read a book about the battle and you want the most info you can get while keeping you interested in the next page....... this is the book for you.
Just...dull May 9, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
A great author that suffers from a tremendously flawed narrative style; the good thing about this book is that is an extremely detailed account of the Battle of Gettysburg. The bad thing about this book is that it is an EXTREMELY detailed account of the battle of Gettysburg. At times this gets to be too much.
Overall-When all is said and done not only will you know a lot about the Battle of Gettysburg you will feel as if you have actually fought the entire campaign (along with the entire war) by yourself.
Riveting Account April 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've just returned from my second visit to Gettysburg and found this book as exciting as the battlefield itself. I kept my map from the National Park Service (which you can download) next to me as I read Mr. Sear's riveting account of what happened during those three horrific days in 1863 (the map helped to plot the progress of the battle). I felt I was right there with the soldiers and officers as they fought for their lives in the midst of such confusion and soulfelt terror. Hurrah for Mr. Sears! I'm now planning a trip to Chancellorsville and you can be sure I'll read Mr. Sear's account of that before I go.
Gettysburg / Sears April 26, 2008
Reluctant about Civil War, struggled with Americans fighting Americans.The reality was that it happened.Great, great reading,with perspective from both sides.Military Intelligence a key to Union victory, as in WW II.
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