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Fateful Lightning : A Novel of the Civil War by Jeff Shaara (2015, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100345549198
ISBN-139780345549198
eBay Product ID (ePID)204080785
Product Key Features
Book TitleFateful Lightning : a Novel of the Civil War
Number of Pages640 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicWar & Military, Historical, Action & Adventure
Publication Year2015
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorJeff Shaara
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height2 in
Item Weight31.9 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2015-011013
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsPraise for Jeff Shaara's new Civil War series The Fateful Lightning "Powerful and emotional . . . highly recommended." -- Historical Novels Review "Outstanding . . . Shaara combines his extensive knowledge of military history with his consummate skill as a storyteller." -- Booklist "Readers . . . looking for an absorbing novel will be well rewarded." -- The Clarion-Ledger "A great accomplishment and a more than fitting conclusion to Shaara's work on the Civil War." -- Bookreporter A Blaze of Glory "[An] exciting read . . . 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 Chain of Thunder "Shaara continues to draw powerful novels from the bloody history of the Civil War." --Kirkus Reviews "Shaara's historical accuracy is faultless, and he tells a good story. . . . The voices of these people come across to the reader as poignantly clear as they did 150 years ago." --Historical Novels Review The Smoke at Dawn "Beautifully written . . . Shaara once again elevates history from mere rote fact to explosive and engaging drama." -- Bookreporter "Shaara's mastery of military tactics, his intimate grasp of history, and his ability to interweave several supporting narratives into a cohesive and digestible whole . . . will appeal to a broad range of historical and military fiction fans." -- Booklist, Praise for Jeff Shaara's new Civil War series The Fateful Lightning "Powerful and emotional . . . highly recommended." -- Historical Novels Review "Outstanding . . . Shaara combines his extensive knowledge of military history with his consummate skill as a storyteller." -- Booklist "Readers [who are] looking for an absorbing novel will be well rewarded." -- The Clarion-Ledger "A great accomplishment and a more than fitting conclusion to Shaara's work on the Civil War." -- Bookreporter A Blaze of Glory "[An] exciting read . . . 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 Chain of Thunder "Shaara continues to draw powerful novels from the bloody history of the Civil War." --Kirkus Reviews "Shaara's historical accuracy is faultless, and he tells a good story. . . . The voices of these people come across to the reader as poignantly clear as they did 150 years ago." --Historical Novels Review The Smoke at Dawn "Beautifully written . . . Shaara once again elevates history from mere rote fact to explosive and engaging drama." -- Bookreporter "Shaara's mastery of military tactics, his intimate grasp of history, and his ability to interweave several supporting narratives into a cohesive and digestible whole . . . will appeal to a broad range of historical and military fiction fans." -- Booklist, Praise for Jeff Shaara's new Civil War series A Blaze of Glory "[An] exciting read . . . 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 Chain of Thunder "Shaara continues to draw powerful novels from the bloody history of the Civil War." --Kirkus Reviews "Shaara's historical accuracy is faultless, and he tells a good story. . . . The voices of these people come across to the reader as poignantly clear as they did 150 years ago." --Historical Novels Review The Smoke at Dawn "Beautifully written . . . Shaara once again elevates history from mere rote fact to explosive and engaging drama." -- Bookreporter "Shaara's mastery of military tactics, his intimate grasp of history, and his ability to interweave several supporting narratives into a cohesive and digestible whole . . . will appeal to a broad range of historical and military fiction fans." -- Booklist
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From Jeff Shaara comes the riveting final installment in the Civil War series that began with A Blaze of Glory and continued in A Chain of Thunder and The Smoke at Dawn . November 1864: As the Civil War rolls into its fourth bloody year, the tide has turned decidedly in favor of the Union. A grateful Abraham Lincoln responds to Ulysses S. Grant's successes by bringing the general east, promoting Grant to command the entire Union war effort, while William Tecumseh Sherman now directs the Federal forces that occupy all of Tennessee. In a massive surge southward, Sherman conquers the city of Atlanta, sweeping aside the Confederate army under the inept leadership of General John Bell Hood. Pushing through northern Georgia, Sherman's legendary March to the Sea shoves away any Rebel presence, and by Christmas 1864 the city of Savannah falls into the hands of "Uncle Billy." Now there is but one direction for Sherman to go. In his way stands the last great hope for the Southern cause, General Joseph E. Johnston. In the concluding novel of his epic Civil War tetralogy, Jeff Shaara tells the dramatic story of the final eight months of battle from multiple perspectives: the commanders in their tents making plans for total victory, as well as the ordinary foot soldiers and cavalrymen who carried out their orders until the last alarum sounded. Through Sherman's eyes, we gain insight into the mind of the general who vowed to "make Georgia howl" until it surrendered. In Johnston, we see a man agonizing over the limits of his army's power, and accepting the burden of leading the last desperate effort to ensure the survival of the Confederacy. The Civil War did not end quietly. It climaxed in a storm of fury that lay waste to everything in its path. The Fateful Lightning brings to life those final brutal, bloody months of fighting with you-are-there immediacy, grounded in the meticulous research that readers have come to expect from Jeff Shaara. Praise for The Fateful Lightning "Powerful and emotional . . . highly recommended." -- Historical Novels Review "Outstanding . . . Shaara combines his extensive knowledge of military history with his consummate skill as a storyteller." -- Booklist "Readers . . . looking for an absorbing novel will be well rewarded." -- The Clarion-Ledger "A great accomplishment and a more than fitting conclusion to Shaara's work on the Civil War." -- Bookreporter, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER .FromJeff Shaara comes the riveting final installment in the Civil War series that began with A Blaze of Glory and continued in A Chain of Thunder and The Smoke at Dawn . November 1864- As the Civil War rolls into its fourth bloody year, the tide has turned decidedly in favor of the Union. A grateful Abraham Lincoln responds to Ulysses S. Grant's successes by bringing the general east, promoting Grant to command the entire Union war effort, while William Tecumseh Sherman now directs the Federal forces that occupy all of Tennessee. In a massive surge southward, Sherman conquers the city of Atlanta, sweeping aside the Confederate army under the inept leadership of General John Bell Hood. Pushing through northern Georgia, Sherman's legendary March to the Sea shoves away any Rebel presence, and by Christmas 1864 the city of Savannah falls into the hands of "Uncle Billy." Now there is but one direction for Sherman to go. In his way stands the last great hope for the Southern cause, General Joseph E. Johnston. In the concluding novel of his epic Civil War tetralogy, Jeff Shaara tells the dramatic story of the final eight months of battle from multiple perspectives- the commanders in their tents making plans for total victory, as well as the ordinary foot soldiers and cavalrymen who carried out their orders until the last alarum sounded. Through Sherman's eyes, we gain insight into the mind of the general who vowed to "make Georgia howl" until it surrendered. In Johnston, we see a man agonizing over the limits of his army's power, and accepting the burden of leading the last desperate effort to ensure the survival of the Confederacy. The Civil War did not end quietly. It climaxed in a storm of fury that lay waste to everything in its path. The Fateful Lightning brings to life those final brutal, bloody months of fighting with you-are-there immediacy, grounded in the meticulous research that readers have come to expect from Jeff Shaara. Praise for The Fateful Lightning "Powerful and emotional . . . highly recommended." - Historical Novels Review "Outstanding . . . Shaara combines his extensive knowledge of military history with his consummate skill as a storyteller." - Booklist "Readers . . . looking for an absorbing novel will be well rewarded." - The Clarion-Ledger "A great accomplishment and a more than fitting conclusion to Shaara's work on the Civil War." - Bookreporter
LC Classification NumberPS3569.H18
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- Jul 31, 2023
Sherman's March Across Georgia: Rescuer or Renegade
The Fateful Lightning is the fourth, and final, volume in a series that tells the story of the Civil War in the "West." (West being areas West of the Appalachian mountains.) From the first three volumes, A Blaze of Glory dealt with the 1862 campaign at Shiloh. A Chain of Thunder describes the summer of 1863 and the siege of Vicksburg. The Smoke at Dawn carries the reader into the Fall of 1863 as the campaign around Chattanooga develops. The Fateful Lightning picks up with General Sherman's campaigns from November of 1864 across north and central Georgia and into North Carolina by April,1865, at war's end. This tale is told through 4 different voices: General William T. Sherman, himself, his adversary, General William Hardee, and a Confederate cavalryman Captain James Seeley, all whom we have heard from before, in their musings from the Shiloh campaign in Blaze of Glory. The fourth voice is from a civilian, a slave called "Franklin", who finds life changing quickly as he soon joins the thousands of other men, women and children who have escaped their bondage once Atlanta fell and follows along with Sherman's troops as stragglers as they move across the Georgia countryside. No longer bound to one place by an overseer, "Franklin" must now find his own place and live life by his wits and his own labor. Shaara's voices come from the well-researched letters, documents and diaries from those who survived the events and lived to tell the tale. Their fears, their angst, their musings and their wonderments touch readers where the cold facts of history books do not. Whether history is made live for the reader or made soap opera depends upon the reader at the time of their reading, but either way, the reader gets to hear from voices from the past as those voices share how they saw and/or made these events occur. That is time worth sharing. It is intimate, it is interesting and it is worthwhile.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- May 04, 2021
Great for Civil War buffs
Great book, although a novel it follows the actual events, It is part of a number of books using the same characters so it breathes life into real people and creates fictional people to tell the story of the average soldiers as well as the leaders.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- May 06, 2025
Still reading. Good so far.
I haven’t read any of Jeff Sahara books yet. I have started one of the John Jake’s books. The books are in great shape. Thanks for taking such great care of the books. PaulaVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Feb 18, 2020
The Fateful Lightning
I thought I bought a paperback!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Feb 20, 2019
great book
great bookVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
