Jeff Shaara
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"New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara returns to the Civil War terrain he knows so well, with the latest novel in the series that started with A Blaze of Glory and A Chain of Thunder. In The Smoke at Dawn, the last great push of the Army of the Cumberland sets the stage for a decisive confrontation at Chattanooga that could determine the outcome of the war. Summer, 1863. The Federal triumph at Vicksburg has secured complete control of the...
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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...
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Continuing the series that began with A Blaze of Glory, Jeff Shaara returns to chronicle another decisive chapter in America’s long and bloody Civil War. In A Chain of Thunder, the action shifts to the fortress city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. There, in the vaunted “Gibraltar of the Confederacy,” a siege for the ages will cement the reputation of one Union general—and...
Continuing the series that began with A Blaze of Glory, Jeff Shaara returns to chronicle another decisive chapter in America’s long and bloody Civil War. In A Chain of Thunder, the action shifts to the fortress city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. There, in the vaunted “Gibraltar of the Confederacy,” a siege for the ages will cement the reputation of one Union general—and...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 28
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English
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Major General Winfield Scott, veteran of the War of 1812, and Captain Robert E. Lee, an engineer with no combat experience, lead the U.S. Army against Santa Anna in this historical novel about the Mexican-American War.
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Civil War trilogy (Jeff Shaara) volume 1
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 31
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English
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Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2009
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English
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After the success of the Normandy invasion, the Allied commanders are buoyantly confident that the war in Europe will be over in a matter of weeks, that Hitler and his battered army have no other option than surrender. But despite the advice of his b
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Civil War trilogy (Jeff Shaara) volume 3
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 38
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English
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
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Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain left behind a quiet life and a career as a college professor to fight for the Union. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was a man of great religious faith who served in the defense of the Confederacy. And Gen. Robert E.
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American Revolution novels volume 2
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 44
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English