{"product_id":"three-roads-to-gettysburg-meade-lee-lincoln-and-the-battle-that-changed-the-war-the-speech-that-changed-the-nation-9780593184394","title":"Three Roads to Gettysburg: Meade, Lee, Lincoln, and the Battle That Changed the War, the Speech That Changed the Nation","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn epic, revelatory account of the Battle of Gettysburg, where George Meade, Lincoln's unexpected choice to lead the Union army, defeated Robert E. Lee and changed the course of the Civil War, from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eJames Monroe: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy mid-1863, the Civil War, with Northern victories in the West and Southern triumphs in the East, seemed unwinnable for Abraham Lincoln. Robert E. Lee's bold thrust into Pennsylvania, if successful, could mean Southern independence. In a desperate countermove, Lincoln ordered George Gordon Meade--a man hardly known and hardly known in his own army--to take command of the Army of the Potomac and defeat Lee's seemingly invincible Army of Northern Virginia. Just three days later, the two great armies collided at a small town called Gettysburg. The epic three-day battle that followed proved to be the turning point in the war, and provided Lincoln the perfect opportunity to give the defining speech of the war--and a challenge to each generation of Americans to live by. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese men came from different parts of the country and very different upbringings: Robert E. Lee, son of the aristocratic and slaveholding South; George Gordon Meade, raised in the industrious, straitlaced North; and Abraham Lincoln, from the rowdy, untamed West. Lincoln's election to the presidency in 1860 split the country in two and triggered the Civil War. Lee and Meade found themselves on opposite sides, while Lincoln had the Sisyphean task of reuniting the country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a colorful supporting cast second to none, \u003ci\u003eThree Roads to Gettysburg\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of these consequential men, this monumental battle, and the immortal address that has come to define America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim McGrath\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dutton Caliber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.07h x 6.07w x 1.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593184394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2025 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim McGrath\u003c\/b\u003e is a winner of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature and two-time winner of the Commodore John Barry Book Award, as well as the author of the critically acclaimed biographies \u003ci\u003eJames Monroe: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJohn Barry: An American Hero in the Age of Sail\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Tim McGrath \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47449754632349,"sku":"9780593184394","price":58.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_648ffdd0-74b3-4834-9c3a-376a9ff86c3e.jpg?v=1764249900","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/three-roads-to-gettysburg-meade-lee-lincoln-and-the-battle-that-changed-the-war-the-speech-that-changed-the-nation-9780593184394","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}