The Last Full Measure

Jeff Shaara was born in 1952 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He grew up in Tallahassee, Florida, and graduated from Florida State University in 1974. For many years he was a dealer in rare coins, but sold his Tampa, Florida, business in 1988 upon the death of his father, Michael Shaara.brbrAs manager of his father's estate, Jeff developed a friendship with film director Ron Maxwell, whose film Gettysburg was based on The Killer Angels. It was Maxwell who suggested that Jeff continue the story Michael Shaara had begun.brbrHe and his wife, Lynne, divide their time between Tampa, Florida, and Missoula, Montana.brbrbAbout the Reader/bbrbStephen Lang/b's theater work includes roles on Broadway iniHamlet/i,iA Few Good Men/i, and the revival ofiDeath of a Salesman/i. He has appeared in the filmsiThe Hard Way/i,iAnother You/i, andiLast Exit to Brooklyn/iand on television in the miniseriesiThe Killer Angeles/iand NBC'siCrime Story/i. He has previously readiCorelli's Mandolin/i,iThe Kahlil Gibran Companion/i, andiMason's Retreat/i, available on cassette from Random House AudioBooks.4 cassettes / 6 hoursbrRead by Stephen LangbrAbridgment approved by the authorbrbrbrIn the Pulitzer prize-winning classic The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara created the finest Civil War novel of our time, an enduring bestseller that has sold more than two million copies. In the bestselling Gods and Generals, Shaara's son, Jeff, brilliantly sustained his father's vision, telling the epic story of the events culminating in the Battle of Gettysburg. Now, Jeff Shaara brings this legendary father-son trilogy to its stunning conclusion in a novel that brings to life the final two years of the Civil War.brbrAs The Last Full Measure opens, Gettysburg is past and the war advances to its third brutal year. On the Union side, the gulf between the politicians in Washington and the generals in the field yawns ever