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From Writer's Almanac: Book rejected 15 times... wins Pulitzer Prize.
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(See: http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/ )
there is an interesting piece about author, Michael Shaara.
Excerpts from the above webpage:
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"... Shaara spent years researching and writing a book about the Civil War. ... it was rejected by 15 publishers... and finally ... _The Killer Angels_ was published in 1974. It got mixed reviews and sold poorly, and nobody paid much attention to it. So it was a shock to Michael Shaara and everyone else when _The Killer Angels_ was awarded the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. ... But it still wasn't a commercial success. ... in 1993, "Gettysburg", a film based on The Killer Angels, finally made the novel a best seller."
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Too bad that Michael Sharra didn't live to see his book finally become a best seller after the 1993 movie. He died in 1988.
See the full article at the Writer's Almanac link above. You may have to search the archives for June 23, 2009, if that date has already passed.
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara