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Stars in Their Courses: The Gettysburg Campaign, June-July 1863

by Shelby Foote · 1994 · 304 pages

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Historian/novelist Foote's masterly work has been culled from his critically acclaimed three-volume narrative of the Civil War.

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Subject
historybiography
Genre
war and militaryamerican civil warhistorical fiction
Themes
american historymilitary historyhistory
Setting
civil warUSA
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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