A Blaze of Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Shiloh

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For more than a decade, readers have been eagerly waiting for New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara to return to the Civil War--in this riveting account of the Battle of Shiloh, he does just that. Based on meticulous research and told in the voices of characters from both sides, this new novel is Shaara at his best, writing for his most avid readership. " An exciting read . . . Jeff Shaara returns to the U.S. Civil War in this first book of a new trilogy. . . . This novel is meticulously researched and brings a vivid reality to the historical events depicted."-Library Journal NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Spring 1862. The Confederate Army in the West teeters on the brink of collapse. General Albert Sidney Johnston is forced to 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- Ulysses Grant 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. Drawing on meticulous research, Jeff Shaara dramatizes the key decisions of the commanders on both sides of the conflict-and brings to life the junior officers, conscripts, and enlisted men who gave their all for the cause. With stunning immediacy, Shaara takes us inside the maelstrom of Shiloh as no novelist has before. "Brilliant . . . riveting . . . a work to be embraced."-Bookreporter Includes a preview of Jeff Shaara's next Civil War novel, A Chain of Thunder

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Brilliant . . . riveting . . . a work to be embraced.Bookreporter

[An] exciting read . . . [Jeff] Shaara returns to the U.S. Civil War in this first book of a new trilogy. . . . This novel is meticulously researched and brings a vivid reality to the historical events depicted.Library Journal

Dynamic portrayals [of] Johnston, Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman.The Wall Street Journal

A stunning achievement by an outstanding writer.Huntington News

Author Bio

Jeff Shaarais theNew York Timesbestselling author ofA 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,andGone for Soldiers,as well asGods and GeneralsandThe Last Full Measure-two novels that complete the Civil War trilogy that began with his father's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic,The Killer Angels. Shaara was born into a family of Italian immigrants in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He grew up in Tallahassee, Florida, and graduated from Florida State University. He lives in Gettysburg.