"A Chain of Thunder. A Novel of the Siege of Vicksburg" by Jeff Shaara, published by Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, New York, 2013, stated First Edition, first printing with '1' present in the line on the copyright page.

Dust jacket with unclipped original price on the front flap [a little stressed at the edges]; hard boards with gold lettering on spine, 6.1/4" x 9.1/2"; 562 pages + About Author page, and colophon, illustrated with map, near fine condition.

A Chain of Thunder is the second volume in a 4-book series by Jeff Shaara, the set in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. This volume covers Ulysses Grant's campaign against Confederate General John Pemberton, leading to the South's crushing loss of the citadel of Vicksburg. Jeff Shaara presents a balanced view of the "ultimate" battle of the Civil War: the control of the Mississippi River and the isolation of Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana from the Confederacy.

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