Glory. Poster of the 1989 movie and cover of the 1965 book, One Gallant Rush
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One Gallant Rush
Peter D. Burchard, 1965
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Edward Zwick, 1989

During the American Civil War, Captain Robert Shaw, injured at Antietam, is sent home to Boston on medical leave. Shaw accepts a promotion to colonel commanding the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the first all-black regiments in the Union Army. He asks his friend Cabot Forbes to serve as his second in command, with the rank of major. Their first volunteer is another friend, Thomas Searles, a bookish, free African-American.


Glory. Poster of the 1989 movie and cover of the 1973 book, Lay This Laurel
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Lay This Laurel
Richard Benson, Lincoln Kirstein, 1973
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Edward Zwick, 1989

During the American Civil War, Captain Robert Shaw, injured at Antietam, is sent home to Boston on medical leave. Shaw accepts a promotion to colonel commanding the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the first all-black regiments in the Union Army. He asks his friend Cabot Forbes to serve as his second in command, with the rank of major. Their first volunteer is another friend, Thomas Searles, a bookish, free African-American.


Legends of the Fall. Poster of the 1994 movie and cover of the 1979 book
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Legends of the Fall
Jim Harrison, 1979
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Edward Zwick, 1994

Sick of betrayals the United States government perpetrated on Native Americans, Colonel William Ludlow leaves the Army, moving to a remote part of Montana. Accompanying them are hired hand and former outlaw Decker, Decker’s Cree wife Pet, and daughter Isabel Two. William’s wife Isabel does not adapt to the harsh Montana winters and moves to the East Coast; Tristan vows never to speak of her.


Defiance. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 1993 book, Defiance: The Bielski Partisans
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Defiance: The Bielski Partisans
Nechama Tec, 1993
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Edward Zwick, 2008

Nazi Einsatzgruppen are sweeping through Eastern Europe, systematically killing Jews. Among the survivors not killed or restricted to ghettoes are the Belarusian Jewish Bielski brothers: Tuvia, Zus, Asael and Aron. Over the next year, they shelter a growing number of refugees, raiding local farms for food and supplies and moving their camp whenever they are discovered by the collaborationist police.


Trial by Fire. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 2009 book
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Trial by Fire
David Grann, 2009
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Edward Zwick, 2018

On December 23, 1991, Cameron Todd Willingham awakes to find his house ablaze. Despite his best-efforts, Willingham is unable to save the lives of his three daughters. At his trial, the prosecutor, Rick Perry, reveals the fire had been caused deliberately with gasoline spread in the shape of a pentagram and the refrigerator moved to block the door.


Love & Other Drugs. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 2005 book, Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman
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Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman
Jamie Reidy, 2005
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Edward Zwick, 2010

In 1996, Jamie Randall is fired from a Pittsburgh electronics store for having sex with his manager’s girlfriend. His wealthy brother, Josh, offers to refer Jamie to a friend for a job as a pharmaceutical sales representative. Afterwards, Jamie tries to gain access to Dr. Knight by flirting with his female employees, while secretly discarding the Prozac samples.


Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2013 book, Never Go Back
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Never Go Back
Lee Child, 2013
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Edward Zwick, 2016

After busting a human trafficking ring on US Army land, drifter and former Army military police officer, Jack Reacher, returns to his old military headquarters to meet Major Susan Turner, holding his former command, whom he has been working with by phone during his travels. Turner’s attorney, Colonel Moorcroft, reveals that there is evidence that Turner is involved in the murders of two soldiers in Afghanistan, but Reacher believes she is being framed.