The Smoke at Dawn

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Jeff Shaara returns to the Civil War terrain he knows so well, with the latest novel in the series that started with A Blaze of Glory and A Chain of Thunder In The Smoke at Dawn, the last great push of the Army of the Cumberland sets the stage for a decisive confrontation at Chattanooga that could determine the outcome of the war Summer, 1863 The Federal triumph at Vicksburg has secured complete control of the Mississippi River from the Confederacy, cementing the reputation of Ulysses S Grant Farther east, the Federal army under the command of William Rosecrans captures the crucial rail hub at Chattanooga But Rosecrans is careless, and while pursuing the Confederates, the Federal forces are routed in north Georgia at Chickamauga Creek Retreating in a panic back to Chattanooga, Rosecrans is pursued by the Confederate forces under General Braxton Bragg Penned up, with their supply lines severed, the Federal army seems doomed to the same kind of defeat that plagued the Confederates at Vicksburg But a disgusted Abraham Lincoln has seen enough of General Rosecrans Ulysses Grant is elevated to command of the entire theater of the war, and immediately replaces Rosecrans with General George Thomas Grant gathers an enormous force, including armies commanded by Joseph Hooker and Grant s friend, William T Sherman Grant s mission is clear Break the Confederate siege and destroy Bragg s army Meanwhile, Bragg wages war as much with his own subordinates as he does with the Federals, creating dissension and disharmony in the Southern ranks, erasing the Confederate army s superiority at exactly the wrong time Blending evocative historical detail with searing depictions of battle, Jeff Shaara immerses readers in the world of commanders and common soldiers, civilians and statesmen From the Union side come the voices of Generals Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, and George Thomas the vaunted Rock of Chickamauga as well as the young private Fritz Dutchie Bauer From the Rebel ranks come Generals Bragg, Patrick Cleburne, and James Longstreet, as well as the legendary cavalry commander, Nathan Bedford Forrest A tale of history played out on a human scale in the grand Shaara tradition, The Smoke at Dawn vividly recreates the climactic months of the war in the West, when the fate of a divided nation truly hangs in the balance. Free Download The Smoke at Dawn Author Jeff Shaara For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr In penning this penultimate novel in his Western Theatre tetralogy as it relates to the US Civil War, Shaara continues to dazzle and enthral readers with his attention to detail As the previous novel ended, Grant s siege on Vicksburg, Mississippi proved fruitful in keeping the Confederates at bay, isolating them and forcing a massive retreat In its aftermath, General Ulysses Grant left to fight off in Louisiana and, as the reader learns through the narrative, was injured after an equine In penning this penultimate novel in his Western Theatre tetralogy as it relates to the US Civil War, Shaara continues to dazzle and enthral readers with his attention to detail As the previous novel ended, Grant s siege on Vicksburg, Mississippi proved fruitful in keeping the Confederates at bay, isolating them and forcing a massive retreat In its aftermath, General Ulysses Grant left to fight off in Louisiana and, as the reader learns through the narrative, was injured after an equine mishap However, the War Department saw much left to do and summoned the general to head towards Tennessee, where Chattanooga awaited in the Fall of 1863 Gra...With this latest novel, Mr Shaara continues his and his father s tradition of bringing the Civil War to life In this volume of his Civil War in the West Trilogy , the author tells us the story of the Campaign for Chattanooga in the fall of 1863 As usual, he looks at the war from both the high level, he portrays both the Confederate Commander, Braxton Bragg and the Union Commander, US Grant and from the view of the common soldier To tell this story he once again uses Fritz Bauer from the With this latest novel, Mr Shaara continues his and his father s tradition of bringing the Civil War to life In this volume of his Civil War in the West Trilogy , the author tells us the story of the Campaign for Chattanooga in the fall of 1863 As usual, he looks at the war from both the high level, he portrays both the Confederate Commander, Braxton Bragg and the Union Commander, US Grant and from the view of the common soldier To tell this story he once again uses Fritz Bauer from the previous two novels in the series Mr Shaara opens the novel as the Union forces are reeling from their crushing defeat at Chickamauga As they fall back on Chattanooga H...Shaara pere et fils have authored a number of historical novels, extending from early American history tocontemporary wars Jeff Shaara has written many such novels his father famously authored Killer Angels, with its subject the battle of Gettysburg The work here focuses on the battle of Chattanooga, with the Union forces in a bad way after a devastating defeat at Chickamauga.As with the other novels by father and son, the action is seen through the eyes of several characters In this Shaara pere et fils have authored a number of historical novels, extending from early American history tocontemporary wars Jeff Shaara has written man...I have been a fan of Jeff Shaara for some time now and was quite excited when he announced a return to the Civil War I was evenexcited when he said it was going to be a series on the western theater of the war The third book in the series, The Smoke at Dawn, is about the campaign of Chickamauga and the conclusion of the action there As it was with his other novels, this book centers on a series of characters and their points of view which is a formula which has worked for him in the I have been a fan of Jeff Shaara for some time now and was quite excited when he announced a return to the Civil War I was evenexcited when he said it was going to be a series on the western theater of the war The third book in the series, The Smoke at Dawn, is about the campaign of Chickamauga and the conclusion of the action there As it was with his other novels, this book centers on a series of characters and their points of view which is a formula which has worked for him in the past This book deals with Braxton Bragg and Patrick Cleburne for the Confederacy and Ulysses S Grant and Private Bauer for the Union After finishing this book, the ques...I consider this the best of Shaara s books, and I have read them all It is a wonderful telling of a classic battle If General Norman Schwartzkopf could have read this book, I believe he would have compared it favorably with The Killer Angels The General called this book by Shaara s father the best book about a battle that he ever read.My great, great grandfather, Josiah Bullington joined the 16th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry in June, 1861 There were 952 officers and men By the end of this I consider this the best of Shaara s books, and...I think I am done with Shaara There has been a drift in the style and scope of Jeff Shaara s novels towardpolitics and repeating characters andsweeping vistas and campaign length episodes None of this would be bad in and of itself, but Shaara is a limited author writing in a formula lifted from his father s 40 year old best seller This expanding scope has made the three primary weaknesses to Jeff s writing impossible to ignore These are, in the order that they make Shaara s books I think I am done with Shaara There has been a drift in the style and scope of Jeff Shaara s novels towardpolitics and repeating characters andsweeping vistas and campaign length episodes None of this would be bad in and of itself, but Shaara is a limited author writing in a formula lifted from his father s 40 year old best seller This expanding scope has made the three primary weaknesses to Jeff s writing impossible to ignore These are, in the order that they make Shaara s books impossible to read 1 Characterization Jeff Shaara has stopped trying to make his characters distinct in ...I hungered for this book I am a great fan of Shaara s work I didn t get the ARC, but Seattle Public Library came through Had it not done so, this is one of the very few books for which I would have paid full jacket price.Shaara writes historical fiction about American wars, sometimes in the form of trilogies, and here he wraps up a trilogy on the Western campaign of the American Civil War The scenario Rosecrans, the Union officer who heads the Army of the Cumberland, has had a strong I hungered for this book I am a great fan of Shaara s work I didn t get the ARC, but ...The bells of the South in 1863 rang death knells, not peals of joyous victory In July, on the same day that Lee s army suffered a staggering loss at Gettysburg, General Grant of the Union army took possession of Vicksburg, and within it gained complete command of the Mississippi river The South fractured and its strength wasted, the Confederates needed a fresh triumph In November, General Braxton Bragg commanding rebel forces in Tennessee thought he might be the man to deliver it After The bells of the South in 1863 rang death knells, not peals of joyous victory In July, on the same day that Lee s army suffered a staggering loss at Gettysburg, General Grant of the Union army took possession of Vicksburg, and within it gained complete command of the Mississippi river The South fractured and its strength wasted, the Confederates needed a fresh triumph In November, General Braxton Bragg commanding rebel forces in Tennessee thought he might be the man to deliver it After routing a Union army, he cornered them in Chattanooga, where he hoped a quick siege would see their surrender and regain the South its lost momentum The Smoke at Dawn is the story of the Chattanooga Campaign, of armies stum...This novel is the third in a series of 4 novels about the Western Theater of the Civil War I haven t read the first 2 in the series so now I have to back track I previously read enjoyed Jeff Shaara s Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure , which are the prequel and sequel to his father s Michael Shaara classic, The Killer Angels , about Gettysburg The Smoke at Dawn is about the battles to raise the Confederate s siege of Chattanooga For anyone who isn t familiar with the This novel is the third in a series of 4 novels about the Western Theater of the Civil War I haven t read the first 2 in the series so now I have to back track I previously read enjoyed Jeff Shaara s Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure , which are the prequel and sequel to his father s Michael Shaara classic, The Killer Angels , about Gettysburg The Smoke at Dawn is about the battles to raise the Confederate s siege of Chattanooga For anyone who isn t familiar with the Battle s of Chattanooga, I recommend Peter Cozzens The Shipwreck of Their Hopes or Wiley Sword s Mountains Touched With Fire.Nathan Bedford Forrest makes a brief but memorable appearance but he mainly serves as an ill...This is the battle of Chickamauga and for whatever reason General Rosecrans gives up the high ground and retreats to Chattanooga By now President Lincoln has decided to put Grant in charge of the army and the first thing does is relives Rosecrans and puts General George Thomas who is already there in command He then orders Generals Sherman and Hooker, to Chattanooga When Grant arrives the first thing he sees is that they must open a supply route plus a line that will flake the Confederates This is the battle of Chickamauga and for whatever reason General Rosecrans gives up the high ground and retreats to Chattanooga By now President Lincoln has decided to put Grant in charge of the army and the first thing does is relives Rosecrans and puts General George Thomas who is already there in command He then orders Generals Sherman and Hooker, to Chattanooga When Grant arrives the first thing he sees is that they must open a supply route plus a line that will flake the Confederates that have the high ground The only way is by building a floating bridge which gets started On the opposite side General Braxton Bragg, is really not doing anything except watching the North digging in, in front of...

• English
• 27 June 2019
Jeff Shaara
• Hardcover
• 495 pages
• 0345527410
• Jeff Shaara
• The Smoke at Dawn