Skip to content
kwharrison13.comEssays, books and notes by Kyle Harrison

Killer Angels

From kwharrison13.com · Anti-library
Killer Angels
Full titleThe Killer Angels
AuthorMichael Shaara
Published1974
Pages374
Recommended2 times
BuyAmazon
Why it’s on the listShaara’s novel of the three days at Gettysburg, told from inside the heads of the men making the decisions — the book that taught a generation of readers to see a battle as a sequence of judgement calls.

Where I heard about it

  • Replies to @moseskagan — named in the replies when he asked on X “What historical fiction should I read next? (Bonus points for something involving building or trade, rather than violence)”, April 2025. Full list: What historical fiction should I… (tweet).
  • Replies to @typesfast — named again, independently, when he asked on X “What’s the best history book you’ve read?”, June 2025. Full list: What’s the best history book… (tweet). A title that separate crowds reach for in answer to different questions is the signal worth acting on.

Connections

  • What historical fiction should I… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
  • What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
  • Historical Fiction — named in both the historical-fiction thread and the history thread, which is unusual — it is a novel people cite as history.
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.