Jeffrey Shaara

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Jeffrey Shaara

Born 1952
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Nationality American
Alma mater Florida State University
Known for Novelist

Jeffrey M. Shaara (born 1952) is an American novelist, the son of Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Shaara.

Jeffrey Shaara was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey and grew up in Tallahassee, Florida. He graduated from Florida State University in 1974 with a degree in Criminology and now lives in Sarasota.

He wrote Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure which are the prequel and sequel, respectively, to his father Michael's award-winning novel The Killer Angels. Jeffrey followed his father's footsteps upon the latter's death, writing historical fiction and documenting the American wars.

He is currently working on a trilogy about World War II in Europe and North Africa, which will be followed by a novel about World War II in the Pacific and then a novel about the Korean War. The first book in the WWII trilogy, The Rising Tide, was released on November 7, 2006. The second book,"The Steel Wave", has now been scheduled for a May 2008 release.

His book Gods and Generals was made into a major motion picture.

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  • Gods and Generals (1996) - Civil War (1861-1865), Trilogy Pt 1 of 3
  • The Killer Angels* (1974) - Civil War (1861-1865), Trilogy Pt 2 of 3
  • The Last Full Measure (1998) - Civil War (1861-1865), Trilogy, Pt 3 of 3
  • Gone for Soldiers (2000) - US-Mexican War (1847-1848)
  • Rise to Rebellion (2001) - Pre-American Revoltionary War (1770-1776)
  • The Glorious Cause (2002) - American Revolutionary War (1776-1783)
  • To the Last Man (2004) - World War I (1914-1918)
  • The Rising Tide (2006) - World War II (1939-1945), Trilogy Pt 1 of 3
  • Civil War Battlefields: Discovering America's Hallowed Ground (2006)
  • The Steel Wave (2008) - World War II (1939-1945), Trilogy Pt 2 of 3

* by Michael Shaara, father of Jeffrey Shaara

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