Gettysburg

by MacKinlay Kantor

Overview

A riveting account of the most fascinating battle of the Civil War.

MACKINLAY KANTOR

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Andersonville

The Civil War was in its third year. When troops entered Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the South seemed to be winning. But Gettysburg was a turning point. From July 1 to July 3, 1863, the Confederacy and the Union engaged in a bitter, bloody fight. The author takes the reader through the events of that fateful confrontation and shows us how "through strategy, determination, and sheer blind luck, the Union won the battle." Inspired by the valor of the many thousands of soldiers who died there, President Lincoln visited Gettysburg to give a brief but moving tribute. His Gettysburg Address is one of the most famous speeches in American history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781628156478
Publisher:	Speaking Volumes, LLC
Publication date:	03/22/2018
Pages:	168
Sales rank:	504,069
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.99(h) x 0.39(d)

About the Author

MacKinlay Kantor was born in Webster City, Iowa, in 1904. He began to write seriously at sixteen, became a newspaper reporter at seventeen, and published his first book at twenty-three. Over the next half-century, he went on to produce more than forty works including novels, short story collections, novels in verse, novellas, histories and children's books. His best-selling historical novel, Andersonville, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1956. MacKinlay Kantor's other accomplishments included Hollywood screenwriting, patrolling the streets with the N.Y.P.D., and combat correspondence (RAF and USAF) in two wars, for which he was awarded the Medal of Freedom.

Table of Contents

1	Ja, the Rebels Eat Babies!	1
2	Gray Men in Town	15
3	A Spy and a Tyrant	29
4	Three Men Named John	43
5	The Yankees Run	56
6	"Get in That Hole!"	70
7	Cold Water, Cold Water	84
8	"I Shall Go Forward, Sir"	96
9	The Lightning Came	110
10	The Hurt and the Tired	125
11	A Day in November	137
	Lincoln's Gettysburg Address	148