Q: What is The Guns of the South about?

\\\"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

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What is The Guns of the South about?

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\"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

Question 2

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The Guns of the South?

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Fiction > Science fiction

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Where can I read a sample of The Guns of the South?

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You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780345376756

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Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Guns of the South?

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Harry Turtledove

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Who is the Publisher of the book The Guns of the South?

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Random House Worlds

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The Guns of the South is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780345376756) and paperback(ISBN 9780345384683) and ebook(ISBN 9780307792358)

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