Biographical Fiction

The Killer Angels is a historical novel by Michael Shaara that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1975. The book tells the story of four days of the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War: June 30, 1863, as the troops of both the Union and the Confederacy move into battle around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and July 1, July 2, and July 3, when the battle was fought. The story is character driven and told from the perspective of various protagonists.

In this powerful, eerily convincing fictional speculation on the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Don DeLillo chronicles Lee Harvey Oswald's odyssey from troubled teenager to a man of precarious stability who imagines himself an agent of history. When "history" presents itself in the form of two disgruntled CIA operatives who decide that an unsuccessful attempt on the life of the president will galvanize the nation against communism, the scales are irrevocably tipped. A gripping, masterful blend of... Read more about this item

Knopf, 1966-01-01. Hardcover. Good/Good. 0 G/G Hardcover - EX LIB - 8.75 X 6 X 1.5 inches

Signet, 1969-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 0 Paperback - Binding square & tight, vertical crease front cover, tanning, no marks, no stickers

Bantam, 1983-10-01. Paperback. Good. 0 Paperback - Reading creases, PON fly

1865 hardcover as pictured. A nicely bound but worn edition. Binding is firm. Cranberry cloth boards with black and gold stamping are rubbed, scuffed and soiled with moderate edge wear and bumped corners. Owner's name on endpaper. Text is age tanned but unmarked. Several pages have folds. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

Paperback. Very Good.

Viking, 1962-01-01. Paperback, Trade. Acceptable. 0 Paperback, Trade - notes, underlinings, covers marked up - Binding square & tight, no stickers - 7.75 x 5.13 x .5 inches 8 oz

London: Duckworth. 2000. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. 174 pages. Beryl Bainbridge's clever farce in which a young Adolf Hitler visits relatives in Liverpool and gets into serious trouble. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 2nd Impression. Hardback.

Ballantine Books, 1986. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.

Turtleback Books, 1987. School & Library Binding. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Crown. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1993. Softcover. 0679425411 . Nice copy with dustjacket; 5.75 X 1.25 X 8.5 inches; 400 pages .

New York: David McKay Company, Inc, 1974. First printing. Near fine in near-fine jacket.. First edition, review copy with publisher's slip laid in, of the surprise Pulitzer Prize-winning historical novel recreating the Battle of Gettysburg. Drawing heavily from journal entries and letters to write convincingly from the perspective of major players in the famous Civil War battle, KILLER ANGELS achieved that rare, delicate balance of dramatic storytelling and factual reporting. It brought two of its most... Read more about this item

New York: David McKay, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. First edition. Owner's name and a faint crease on the spine, else a nice, very good or better copy in a slightly rubbed, about fine dustwrapper. Basis for the movie *Gettysburg* and one of the very best and most beloved novels of the Civil War. It is also one of the scarcest American first editions of the 1970s and was a surprise winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

Ballantine Books, 2007. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paperback. Good.

Bantam, 1980-07-01. Paperback. Very Good. 0 Paperback - Binding tight, no marks, no stickers - 7 x 4.1 x .5 inches 4.4 oz

Sydney: Fourth Estate. 2017. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. 314 pages. A novel based on the life of Elizabeth Macquarie. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Bantam, 1984-05-01. Paperback. Acceptable. 0 Paperback - Front page edges chewed - Binding square & tight, reading & corner creases, edge & corner wear, POI inside front cover, no stickers - 7 x 4.1 x .63 inches 4.6 oz

Canongate Books Ltd, Edinburgh, 1997. Revised Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. This is the first UK edition. Crisp clean covers, sound binding, clean pages and inside covers, corners are lightly rubbed. Contains black and white plates and illustrations. No dust jacket, as published. Copyright date only. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. ISBN: 0862416981. ISBN/EAN: 9780862416980. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory... Read more about this item

Bantam, 1972-10-01. Paperback. Good. 0 Paperback

New York: Fleming H. Revell Co.. 1912. 293pp. decorated cloth 8vo: a complete reading copy only/no dj [covers are age darkened and smudged; ink name stamp blacked out on pastedown; foxing and age browning; front hinge is shaken; else a complete copy] A novel about early social work in settlement houses by one such worker, Mary Elizabeth Smith (1880-?).