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Last Full Measure : A Novel of the Civil War by Jeff Shaara (1999, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100345425480
ISBN-139780345425485
eBay Product ID (ePID)979358
Product Key Features
Book TitleLast Full Measure : a Novel of the Civil War
Number of Pages576 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1999
TopicWar & Military, Biographical, Action & Adventure, Historical
GenreFiction
AuthorJeff Shaara
Book SeriesCivil War Trilogy Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight15.4 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-090092
Reviews"Riveting . . . vivid . . . brilliantly depicted."-- Chicago Tribune " The Last Full Measure is more than another historical novel. It is rooted in history, but its strength is the element of humanity flowing through its characters. . . . The book is compelling, easy to read, well researched and written, and thought-provoking. . . . In short, it is everything that a reader could ask for."-- Chicago Tribune "Masterful . . . These characters come alive as complex, heroic, and flawed men."--Baltimore Sun "[Shaara] writes with considerable sensitivity and skill, setting vivid scenes and adding drama and suspense to a familiar tale."-- The Seattle Times "Exhaustively researched, infused with a profound understanding of the great issues of a nation and the small quirks of the human heart."-- Newsday, "Riveting . . . vivid . . . brilliantly depicted."- Chicago Tribune " The Last Full Measure is more than another historical novel. It is rooted in history, but its strength is the element of humanity flowing through its characters. . . . The book is compelling, easy to read, well researched and written, and thought-provoking. . . . In short, it is everything that a reader could ask for."- Chicago Tribune "Masterful . . . These characters come alive as complex, heroic, and flawed men."-Baltimore Sun "[Shaara] writes with considerable sensitivity and skill, setting vivid scenes and adding drama and suspense to a familiar tale."- The Seattle Times "Exhaustively researched, infused with a profound understanding of the great issues of a nation and the small quirks of the human heart."- Newsday, "Riveting . . . Vivid . . . Brilliantly depicted." --Chicago Tribune "THE LAST FULL MEASURE IS MORE THAN ANOTHER HISTORICAL NOVEL. It is rooted in history, but its strength is the element of humanity flowing through its characters. . . . The book is compelling, easy to read, well-researched and written, and thought-provoking. . . . In short, it is everything that a reader could ask for." --Chicago Tribune "A WORTHY COMPANION TO ITS TWO PREDECESSORS . . . These characters come alive as complex, heroic, and flawed men. . . . You are with [Robert E.] Lee, a deeply religious man, as he first begins to wonder if the Confederate cause will prevail. . . . You ride with [Ulysses S.] Grant to see the mounds of Union dead at Cold Harbor, and you share his sickening realization that thousands are dead because of his miscalculation. . . . You are at [Joshua] Chamberlain's bedside as he fights to recover from nearly mortal wounds. . . . Each book is masterful in its own way and taken together, they are unmatched in the body of Civil War literature." --The Baltimore Sun "A WORK OF MATURITY AND COURAGE . . . Jeff Shaara is no longer standing in the shadow of the father but shoulder-to-shoulder with him." --Orlando Sentinel "AN AMBITIOUS WORK . . . [Shaara] writes with considerable sensitivity and skill, setting vivid scenes and adding drama and suspense to a familiar tale." --The Seattle Times, "Riveting . . . vivid . . . brilliantly depicted."-Chicago Tribune "The Last Full Measureis more than another historical novel. It is rooted in history, but its strength is the element of humanity flowing through its characters. . . . The book is compelling, easy to read, well researched and written, and thought-provoking. . . . In short, it is everything that a reader could ask for."-Chicago Tribune "Masterful . . . These characters come alive as complex, heroic, and flawed men."-BaltimoreSun "[Shaara] writes with considerable sensitivity and skill, setting vivid scenes and adding drama and suspense to a familiar tale."-The Seattle Times "Exhaustively researched, infused with a profound understanding of the great issues of a nation and the small quirks of the human heart."-Newsday
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Series Volume Number3
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisIn the Pulitzer prize-winning classic The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara created the finest Civil War novel of our time. The Last Full Measure tells the epic story of the events following the Battle of Gettysburg and brings to life the final two years of the Civil War. Jeff Shaara dramatizes the escalating confrontation between Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant--complicated, heroic, and deeply troubled men. For Lee and his Confederate forces, Gettysburg has been an unspeakable disaster, but he is determined to fight to the bitter end; he faces Grant, the decisive, hard-nosed leader the Union army so desperately needs in order to turn the tide of the war. From the costly Battle of the Wilderness to the agonizing seize of Petersburg to Lee's epoch-making surrender at Appomattox, Shaara portrays the riveting conclusion of the Civil War through the minds and hearts of the individuals who gave their last full measure.
LC Classification NumberPS3569.H18L3 1999
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- Jul 19, 2023
Even handed, two-sided compassionate story telling
The Last Full Measure is the third leg of a trilogy, written by Jeff Shaara, about the battle of Gettysburg and the men who fought in that conflict. The first leg, The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara, tells the 3 day tale of Gettysburg itself, primarily from the eyes of Lee and Longstreet. Borrowing from Stephen Crane's approach to the Red Badge of Courage, Shaara wanted to know what it was like to be there, the weather, the men's faces, their thoughts, their feelings. To do this Shaara ignored any historical opinions and went for the words of the men themselves, from their letters, their diaries and other documents. It was this book, and Shaara's approach to the story telling, that inspired Ken Burns to make his film, The Civil War, and made both tellers of this tale so successful in their own professions, film and prose. In the second leg, Gods and Generals, a prequel to Gettysburg, the author, Jeff Shaara, introduces us to four young military men, Robert E. Lee, TJ “Stonewall” Jackson, Winfield Scott Hancock, and Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, and their graduation days at West Point in the mid 1840s. They are a new breed of fighting man, college-educated, professional in the arts of war, who then honed their battle skills in combat during the Mexican War (1846-1848), before being idled through 13 years of peacetime, until war broke out again in 1861. This tale focuses on the events, from 1858 to June 1863, that brought these professional soldiers, with their new arms, artillery and their battle-tested skill sets, to those low hills and Pennsylvania farmlands for those 3 tragic days in July of 1863. Having the storytelling style set in the first book, Jeff Shaara brings us a post Gettysburg sequel, The Last Full Measure, that follows three men, Lee, Ulysses S Grant, and Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, a Union hero at Gettysburg, through the last two years of the war. Since Gettysburg, there is a change in the way men see war, and in the way they fight it. Gettysburg has badly wounded both sides and though it is clearly a defeat for Lee's army, neither side is quick to pursue another fight on such a huge scale. Depicting both sides even-handedly and compassionately, we are led through major battles with major leaders. We are given a balanced experience of the temperament, sensibility and character of the generals of both sides of the battle lines. It is through the lives of these 3 particular men, men with character, dignity and honor, that the author wants to pose the political, military and social paradigm shifts that changed them and this nation forever.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Jun 22, 2021
Good read.
The end of the American Civil War from the end of the battle of Gettysburg to the end of the war. Well-written sequel to "The Killer Angels" written by the son of the original author. My only problem was that it was almost too sad to read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Sep 11, 2025
Part of the Civil War trilogy. All well...
Part of the Civil War trilogy. All well written and enjoyed.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
