{"product_id":"through-their-eyes-matthew-mclean-9798244708318","title":"Through Their Eyes: A Novel of Gettysburg","description":"\u003cb\u003eBefore Gettysburg became history, it was fear, smoke, blood, and men praying they would live to see another sunrise.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn July 1863, two armies collided in the fields, ridges, woods, and roads around a small Pennsylvania town. The result would change the course of the Civil War and the future of the United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut history was not lived by armies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was lived by men. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Union private with blistered feet marching toward the sound of cannon.\u003cbr\u003eA Confederate soldier charging across open ground into rifle fire.\u003cbr\u003eRobert E. Lee risking everything on one bold invasion.\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Meade forced into command with no time to fail.\u003cbr\u003eAbraham Lincoln waiting in Washington, knowing the nation itself might depend on the next telegram. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThrough Their Eyes: A Novel of Gettysburg\u003c\/b\u003e is an immersive historical novel that retells the Battle of Gettysburg from inside the minds of those who endured it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold through shifting first-person perspectives, this novel does not simply recount Gettysburg. It places you inside the fear, doubt, courage, and impossible choices of the people who lived it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcross three brutal days, the reader is carried from the first shots on July 1 to the desperate defense of Little Round Top, the carnage of Pickett's Charge, and the haunting aftermath of defeat, survival, and loss. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is not Gettysburg as a distant lesson. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is Gettysburg as the soldiers felt it: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe terror before the first volley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe weight of command when every order costs lives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe choking smoke of close-range battle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe courage of men who were afraid but kept moving\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe heartbreak of boys who wanted to go home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe silence left behind after the guns stopped\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eRooted in historical records, official reports, soldier letters, diaries, and battlefield accounts, this novel brings America's most famous battle back to life with emotional force and historical respect. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat did Lincoln fear?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat did Lee risk?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat did ordinary soldiers endure when history demanded everything from them?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor readers of Civil War fiction, military history, battlefield drama, and deeply human stories of courage and sacrifice, \u003cb\u003eThrough Their Eyes\u003c\/b\u003e offers a vivid, intimate journey into the three days that decided a nation's fate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eStep onto the field. Hear the guns. See Gettysburg through their eyes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew McLean\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798244708318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d","brand":"Matthew McLean","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659781353727,"sku":"9798244708318","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/through-their-eyes-matthew-mclean-9798244708318","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}