Michael Shaara

Michael Shaara (1928 - May 5, 1988) was a writer of science fiction, sports fiction, and historical fiction. Shaara began selling science fiction stories to fiction magazines in the 1950s. He later taught literature at Florida State University. His novel about the Battle of Gettysburg, The Killer Angels, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1975. Shaara died of a heart attack in 1988.

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Shaara's son, Jeffrey Shaara, is also a popular writer of historical fiction; most notably sequels to his father's best-known novel. His most famous is the prequel to The Killer Angels, Gods and Generals.

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1928: 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar)....

May 5: May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). There are 240 days remaining....

1988: 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar....

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