The Guns of the South
| Author | : Harry Turtledove |
| Publisher | : Del Rey |
| Total Pages | : 577 |
| Release | : 2011-04-20 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780307792358 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0307792358 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "It is absolutely unique--without question the most fascinating Civil War novel I have ever read." Professor James M. McPherson Pultizer Prize-winning BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM January 1864--General Robert E. Lee faces defeat. The Army of Northern Virginia is ragged and ill-equpped. Gettysburg has broken the back of the Confederacy and decimated its manpower. Then, Andries Rhoodie, a strange man with an unplaceable accent, approaches Lee with an extraordinary offer. Rhoodie demonstrates an amazing rifle: Its rate of fire is incredible, its lethal efficiency breathtaking--and Rhoodie guarantees unlimited quantitites to the Confederates. The name of the weapon is the AK-47.... Selected by the Science Fiction Book Club A Main Selection of the Military Book Club
