"""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"
By:
Harry Turtledove Imprint: Del Rey Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 170mm,
Width: 107mm,
Spine: 26mm
Weight: 272g ISBN:9780345384683 ISBN 10: 0345384687 Pages: 35 Publication Date:07 December 1993 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active