Books : Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War

by: Newt Gingrich, William Forstchen  Average Rating:

Rating: - Excellent Historical Novel
Great research into the subject. Great imagination! Very enjoyable use of the concept of "active history".

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Rating: - Lee wins at Gettysburg, and other things they conspired to keep from you in High School history class
The former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has teamed with a history professor William Forstchen to craft an alternative fictional view of the Civil War. After they lay out the historically accurate first day events at Gettysburg, they slip into a hypothetical view. This is what could have happened if Lee had listened to those near him, who knew that fighting an offensive battle on ground chosen by the Union was a losing proposition.
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Rating: - Somewhat stilted, and repeats as fact a "chesnut" stereotype that undercuts the book's whole premise
I'll cut straight to the chase on the "chesnut" stereotype.
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