Comments on: Preview – Ralph Peters “Cain at Gettysburg” http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/preview-ralph-peters-cain-at-gettysburg/ A Journal of the Digitization of a Civil War Battle Tue, 14 May 2013 19:21:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Chris Evans http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/preview-ralph-peters-cain-at-gettysburg/#comment-20790 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:11:01 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=10141#comment-20790 Looks interesting. I’m a big fan of ‘The Killer Angels’ so it would be neat to see how the two differ.

I still think that the best modern day Civil War set novels are by Howard Bahr: ‘The Black Flower’, ‘The Year of Jubilo’, and ‘The Judas Field’. I find them quite incredible in their realism, heart, horror, and humor. I really recommend them to anyone interested in the Civil War.

Chris

]]> By: Harry Smeltzer http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/preview-ralph-peters-cain-at-gettysburg/#comment-20753 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:20:32 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=10141#comment-20753 Thanks Aly – I think the “everymen” is what sets Cain apart from “Angels” and what makes it more real, for lack of a better term.

]]> By: historythruthelookingglass http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/preview-ralph-peters-cain-at-gettysburg/#comment-20752 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:10:54 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=10141#comment-20752 I recently finished it, Harry, and I’d be interested to see your views. Like you, I’m not crazy about his Howard characterization — and I think most of the Generals were roughly sketched to correspond to their historical interpretations. I did think he gave Meade a fuller persona than generally acknowledged. His “everymen” were well-drawn or so I found.
I did enjoy it, though I would quibble with Booklist saying that it’s a better book than Shaara’s Killer Angels. I think they are too far removed in style to make that comparison.
Having said that much, I’ll belay more comments until you’ve finished the book… I want to be sanguine that I divulge no spoilers. :)

]]> By: Harry Smeltzer http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/preview-ralph-peters-cain-at-gettysburg/#comment-20749 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:08:28 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=10141#comment-20749 You’re right, Jeffry. I knew there was something I left out, and I have all but one of the Parry novels here – in them, Peters also does not stray from “conventional wisdom” vis the big name bad guys of the ACW.

]]> By: Harry Smeltzer http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/preview-ralph-peters-cain-at-gettysburg/#comment-20748 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:06:46 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=10141#comment-20748 Think you’ll enjoy, Ted.

]]> By: Jeffry Burden http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/preview-ralph-peters-cain-at-gettysburg/#comment-20747 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:58:59 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=10141#comment-20747 Ralph Peters would be better known to fans of historical as “Owen Parry”, his pen name while writing the excellent Abel Jones series (“Faded Coat of Blue” and “Bold Sons of Erin” among them). I am acquainted with him; he is a first-rate military mind, and I look forward to “Cain”.

]]> By: Ted Savas http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/preview-ralph-peters-cain-at-gettysburg/#comment-20746 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:54:29 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=10141#comment-20746 I have it on my shelf, a Xmas gift from a neighbor. I will slip it closer to the top of the stack.

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