New York: Ballantine, (2001) dj. Hardcover - 'A Novel About the Four Days of Gettysburg' - that is, the day leading up to the battle and the three days of the bloody battle itself - July 1-3, 1863. Originally published in 1974, this was Shaara's second novel, one which won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize, but which also became a modern classic - considered one of the best novels ever written about the Civil War. Basis for the movie 'Gettysburg.' Several full page maps and situation plans throughout the book. Foreword and an afterword. xiv. 344 pp. ISBN: 0-345-444124.