Jeff Shaara is the author of the American Civil War epics Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure. His father, the late Michael Shaara, is the author of The Killer Angels, a historical fiction novel about the Battle of Gettysburg and winner of The Pulitzer Prize.
The Killer Angels and Gods and Generals were made into the major motion pictures Gettysburg (1993) and Gods and Generals (2003).
Jeff and I discuss the humanity on both sides of the Civil War and the war, as illuminated by the individual profiles and perspectives of Union and Confederate soldiers in this indispensable Civil War trilogy.
Jeff Shaara has not stopped writing, and I encourage everyone interested in American history to check out his other published works, and watch for Jeff's upcoming projects at his website:
https://jeffshaara.com/
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