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The Day After Gettysburg Kindle Edition

by Robert Conroy (Author), J. R. Dunn (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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New Alternate History from a Master of the Form: Robert Conroy was an unalloyed master of alternate history. Now, J.R. Dunn completes one of his final novels.

LEE STRIKES BACK!

After a terrible setback at Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee does not retreat across the Potomac and his ultimate surrender at Appomattox. Instead, he turns the tables on Union General George Meade with a vicious counterattack that sets the Union Army on its heels.

While Lee sets across Pennsylvania in a dazzling war of maneuver, a crazed actor closes in on President Abraham Lincoln. Standing in his way is Major Steve Thorne, a thoughtful lawyer-turned-soldier fighting for the Union and his own self-respect, and Cassandra Baird, a young woman whose courage is only surpassed by her determination to teach emancipated slaves to read and write, and so ensure their freedom.

Opposing them is Colonel Corey Wade, a brave Confederate officer who is just as determined to fight to the death for his honor and that of his state. And, in the end, the fate of a nation may come down to a freed slave named Hadrian, a man with an iron resolve never to return to bondage.

The time has come to strike a blow for liberty—or go down swinging!

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About Germanica:
“Conroy captures the intricacies of WWII with an eye for historical nuance, and he crafts a believable alternate ending to the war. . . . [T]he story is buoyed by Conroy’s effective snapshot of the era.”—Publishers Weekly

“[A] gripping alternate World War II saga . . .”—Library Journal

About Rising Sun:
“Conroy extrapolates a new and militarily plausible direction for WWII . . . A thrilling adventure.”—Booklist

About Himmler’s War:
“[Conroy] adds a personal touch to alternate history by describing events through the eyes of fictional characters serving on the front lines. VERDICT: Historical accuracy in the midst of creative speculation makes this piece of alternate history believable.”—Library Journal

Robert Conroy was the author of a run of hugely popular alternate history novels, including Himmler’s War, Rising Sun, 1920: America's Great War, Liberty: 1784, 1864: Custer in Chains, and Germanica for Baen Books. His 1942, which is set within a Japanese conquest of Hawaii, won the prestigious Sidewise Award for alternate histories. Conroy lived for many years in southeastern Michigan.

J.R. Dunn is the author of time travel novels This Side of Judgment, Days of Cain—widely hailed as one of the most powerful time travel novels to deal with the Holocaust—and Full Tide of Night. He was the long-time associate editor ofThe International Military Encyclopedia and is now an editor at The American Thinker. His nonfiction appears regularly on Baen.com
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Robert Conroy was the author of a run of hugely popular alternate history novels, including Himmler’s War, Rising Sun, 1920: America's Great War, Liberty: 1784, 1864: Custer in Chains, and Germanica for Baen Books. His 1942, which is set within a Japanese conquest of Hawaii, won the prestigious Sidewise Award for alternate histories. Conroy lived for many years in southeastern Michigan.

J.R. Dunn is the author of time travel novels This Side of Judgment, Days of Cain—widely hailed as one of the most powerful time travel novels to deal with the Holocaust—and Full Tide of Night. He was the long-time associate editor ofThe International Military Encyclopedia and is now an editor at The American Thinker. His nonfiction appears regularly on Baen.com

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B071F943X1
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Baen Books; 1st edition (June 6, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 6, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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My next novel, "1882-Custer in Chains," will be published in May, 2015. I had hoped for sooner, but it's the publisher's decision. In my tale, Custer not only survives the fight at the Little Big Horn in 1876, but becomes a war hero and then President of the United States. Urged on by his ambitious wife Libbie, he gets us into a war with Spain with the conquest or liberation of Cuba as its goal. The result is a bloody invasion and a series of battles on both land and sea in which the outcome is never a sure thing. As always, there are a number of historical characters as well as fictional ones. Since 1882 was only seventeen years after the end of the Civil War, memories of that bloody conflict are always present.

As I've written before, I want my alternate histories to be plausible; ergo, no time travel or magic. Now, could Custer have survived? Absolutely yes. He had two Gatling guns that he felt would have slowed him down; therefore, he left them behind. What if some energetic young officer had defied him and brought them just in time to save Custer and what remained of his force from annihilation? Victory for Custer, of course and that is the take off point for 1882-Custer in Chains.

Following on the heels of "Liberty-1784" and "1820-America's Great War," Custer will be my twelfth published novel and it's still a thrill. I wonder what the nuns at now closed St. Ambrose High School would have thought.

Why not check out my website at robertconroybooks.com or email me at conroybooks.net?

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Mike Teplansky
5.0 out of 5 stars Robert Conroy’s Last Alternative Hist
Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2023
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As always Conroy’s singular grasp of the idea “without believable characters nobody cares” bears fruit with the reader actually caring and rooting for people who only exist in Conroy’s fiction.
—I hope Mr J.R. Dun continues the tradition.
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Roger J. Buffington
4.0 out of 5 stars An Alternate Gettysburg Scenario
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2017
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This one will go down as Robert Conroy's last "Alternate History" novel. I have enjoyed many of Conroy's novels and I like this one a lot. In this scenario (no real spoilers here) President Lincoln prevails upon General George Meade to pursue Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia after the Union victory at Gettysburg. The result is a Union disaster leaving the Union public to lament that General Meade was "a defender, not an attacker." This novel focuses on what might have happened in this scenario, since in our actual timeline General Meade famously declined to pursue the beaten Lee after the "Pickett's Charge" disaster. The conventional wisdom has always been that this decision by Meade lengthened the war by allowing Lee to recover and regroup. So in this alternate history Lee is firmly ensconced in Pennsylvania, menacing many Union cities including Washington D.C. itself.
Mostly, this novel moves along the plotline smartly. However, in my opinion the novel gets sidetracked repeatedly with little episodes about minor characters who ultimately have little to do with the novel's outcome. This would have been a better novel had it focused more on Lee, Meade, Grant, President Lincoln, and the other major players. It has become popular among authors to imitate Michael Shaara's approach, done to perfection in "The Killer Angels" whereby the author focuses on minor characters as well as the major players. Here, it does not really come off, in my opinion.
Overall an interesting novel and an enjoyable read. RJB.
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Ghostrider E24
5.0 out of 5 stars Very entertaining what if novel.
Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2022
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Being a student of history I found novels by Conroy entertaining. A little over the top, but it allows me to read and relax
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Craig Valentine
3.0 out of 5 stars Great book but I kept asking
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2019
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In the tent everyone kept chewing on LEE IS BETWEEN US AND WASHINGTON. If I was in the tent my burning question would have been--Washington can look out for itself. Lee can't take it. But what is between us and Richmond? Lee is sitting on a mountain of supplies he is as much a captive of the the supplies as the supplies are a captive of him. Sheridan's force unscathed. The Confederate supply dump somewhere to the south naked of protection. It is a golden opportunity. STRIKE SOUTH. But no one was listening to me.
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Teamjj
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read, great pick up to close it by Mr. Dunn
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2017
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From my perspective, its a shame Lee didn't follow up after his defeat, but such is life, war, and the basis for an excellent alt history work. The fellow who finished this didn't seem to miss a beat after Mr Conroy passed. Mr Conroy wrote great stuff and he will be missed by those of us who eagerly looked forward to his next work. Prayers for his family.
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ilbob
4.0 out of 5 stars pretty good for the genre
Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2017
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Conroy is one of my favorite authors in the alternate history genre. This one did not disappoint me, although I gather his editor actually finished the book after the author's passing.

Like alternate history tends to do, it changes one thing in history and then explores what might have been the result. In this case, the change is that Lincoln gets Meade to chase Lee after the battle at Gettysburg causing Lee to attack.

There is lots of decent battle scenes and plenty of political stuff thrown in, along with an attempted assassination of the president by none other than John Wilkes Booth. Much of what is portrayed is at least plausible to me, and that is always important to me in this kind of book.

As the genre goes it is pretty good, although at the end it just sort of ended.
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Robert Dickerson
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2020
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Riveting story. I felt like I was reliving history. Grant never received the credit he deserve while Lee was treated as a demigod.
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Amethyst64
4.0 out of 5 stars The lost art of proofreading...
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2018
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This was an interesting tale of an alternate ending to the American civil war. It was full of spelling, grammar, and historical errors that should have been caught by a competent proof reader. Without giving away the plot I'd like to mention the Confederate general at Vicksburg was named Pemberton, not Pendleton. Also have to wonder if the author has ever personally examined the Potomac river above the Great Falls?
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SB
4.0 out of 5 stars Rather convincing
Reviewed in France on May 13, 2021
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After a confederate victory in the Gettysburg campaign does not break the stalemate, the Civil War becomes uglier... Despite the trope(s) of having history kinda repeating itself, the book is sufficently well-written and plausible to make for a more entertatining alternate history novel than most of its predecessors.
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Thomas Walsh
5.0 out of 5 stars I highly recommend The Day After
Reviewed in Canada on December 23, 2017
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could not put it down J.R. Dunn did the late Robert Conroy proud. I highly recommend The Day After Gettysburgh
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technophile
5.0 out of 5 stars A fitting tribute to a fine author
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 20, 2017
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I love alternate history and have read all of Robert Conroy's books and this is a fine example of the genre with which to end a career. I will miss his books.
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Ossian the Modeller
4.0 out of 5 stars Not Conroy's best work, but not bad
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 27, 2020
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I have enjoyed Robert Conroy's alternate history novels for several decades, and was sad to learn of his death in 2014. This work, part written by him and completed by J R Dunn, his former editor, returns to the War Between The States, with a PoD just after the Battle of Gettysburg. Lee does not retreat to Virginia, but remains north, living off the land and defeating various Union commanders until Grant takes command and rapidly defeats him. Subplots look at rogue Confederate units committing atrocities against the civilian population - a slightly contrived device to set up the final battle.

As the title says, Conroy has written much better, but this isnt too bad and gave a few happy hours of bedtime reading.
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Michael G. Annis
5.0 out of 5 stars Another good read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 2, 2017
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Having read all of Robert Conroy's new histories this is another good one. Well written, good characters, beileveable action. Well worth the money and an enjoyable read. Thank you.
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