Lee, but will make unforgetable heroes of Longstreet, and especially Chamberlain. His interpretation of character will not please the more rabid fans of Robert E. Today we have to wonder how ANYONE could not have seen this book for what it was. By far the best part of this version is Jeff Shaara's description of his father's efforts to get this masterpiece recognized. If this were the Hearne reading I'd be giving it at least 10 stars on this scale.
It's not that Hoye is bad, but my old cassette tapes made me cry every time while Longstreet struggles with his knowlege of the mistake that Lee is making and his realization that he must go through with it anyway. His performance, with all the subtilties of the many accents, is up to the entire passion and beauty of the work. If you are stunned with the brilliance of this novel you MUST go out and purchase the version read by George Herne. That 4th star is for Shaara not for Steven Hoye. The Gearge Hearn version is SOOO much better. The Killer Angels is unique, sweeping, unforgettable, a dramatic re-creation of the battleground for America's destiny. Bright futures, untested innocence, and pristine beauty are also the casualties of war. And more than men fall on those Pennsylvania fields.
More than rifles and bullets are carried into battle. One dreams of freedom, the other of a way of life. In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fight for two conflicting dreams.
Opposing them is an unknown factor: General George Meade, who has taken command of the Army only two days before what will be perhaps the crucial battle of the Civil War. His right hand is General James Longstreet, a brooding man who is loyal to Lee but stubbornly argues against his plan. Lee has made this daring and massive move with 70,000 men in a determined effort to draw out the Union Army of the Potomac and mortally wound it. The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia is invading the North. After 30 years and with three million copies in print, Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War classic, The Killer Angels, remains as vivid and powerful as the day it was originally published.
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