A Chain of Thunder: A Novel of the Siege of Vicksburg

by Jeff Shaara

Book Overview

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Continuing the series that began with A Blaze of Glory, Jeff Shaara returns to chronicle another decisive chapter in America's long and bloody Civil War. In A Chain of Thunder, the action shifts to the fortress city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. There, in the vaunted "Gibraltar of the Confederacy," a siege for the ages will cement the reputation of one Union general--and all but seal the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345527399
• ISBN13: 9780345527394
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.2" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Excellent

These books by Jeff kept me engaged all the way through

Another fine addition to his series on the Western Theater: Vicksburg.

Another exciting installment in Jeff Shaara's account of the Civil War's Western Theater, A Chain of Thunder concentrate's on Ulysses Grant's brilliant Vicksburg Campaign and, like his other historical fiction novels in these series, is related through the eyes of several of the individual participants, both North and South, military and civilian. And he does so with an expertise that turns what might be a burdensome challenge to some writers into a piece of art the flows expertly through the campaign. Whether viewing the action through Northern eyes or Southern eyes Jeff Shaara does so without revealing the slightest hint of favoritism in his treatment of the characters. Historical fiction at its finest.