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Gettysburg: The Tide Turns, An Oral History is a 2024 nonfiction military history book by Bruce Chadwick. It was published by Pegasus.

Overview

The book portrays the Battle of Gettysburg through a vast collection of primary sources such as diary entries, letters, and newspaper articles written by people who experienced it.

Reception

Publishers Weekly gave the book a positive review, praising its use of first-hand accounts to illustrate the "dramatic combination of pathos and absurdity" that characterized the Battle of Gettysburg.[1] Kirkus Reviewspraised its entertaining style of portraying events through the eyes of contemporaries, but noted that its portrayal of historical figures like Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee and George Meade.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Gettysburg: The Tide Turns, an Oral History". Publishers Weekly.
  2. ^ "GETTYSBURG THE TIDE TURNS: AN ORAL HISTORY". Kirkus Reviews.
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