"Blaze of Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Shiloah," by Jeff Shaara, published by Ballantine Books, 2012, stated First Edition, first printing with digit '1' present in the digit line.

Original dust jacket with un-clipped price on the front flap; hard boards, gold stamped spine; 6" x 9.1/2"; 435 pages + "About the Author" and colophon page. Red dot on the bottom outer edge of the pages [bookstore marking of sold book], very good/ fine condition.

"[An] exciting read . . . [Jeff] Shaara returns to the U.S. Civil War in this first book of a new trilogy. . . This novel is meticulously researched and brings a vivid reality to the historical events depicted." [Library Journal]

Drawing on meticulous research, Jeff Shaara dramatizes the key decisions of the commanders on both sides of the conflict- and brings to life the junior officers, conscripts, and enlisted men who gave their all for the cause. With stunning immediacy, Shaara takes us inside the maelstrom of Shiloh as no novelist has before.

Spring 1862. The Confederate Army in the West teeters on the brink of collapse. General Albert Sidney Johnston is forced to abandon the critical city of Nashville and rally his troops in defense of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. Hot on Johnston's trail are two of the Union's best generals: Ulysses Grant and Don Carlos Buell. If their combined forces can crush Johnston's army and capture the railroad, the war in the West likely will be over. There's just one problem: Johnston knows of the Union plans and is poised to launch an audacious surprise attack on Grant's encampment- a small settlement in southwestern Tennessee anchored by a humble church named Shiloh...

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