Overview
Infinitely absorbing, Bruce Catton's The Civil War is one of the most widely read general histories of the war available in a single volume. ""America needed its great war of brothers,"" wrote Bruce Catton, ""to weld in a terrible fire what had been and what might be. The story of the war needs retelling because it helped to change the future of the human race."" The Civil War is America's great Iliad, and few would dispute that its outcome is evident in most social and political issues today. For a person seeking a single volume to serve as a captivating introduction and a dependable guide through all the maze of battles and issues of the Civil War, this is a book without parallel. Catton understood the Civil War, its participants and battles, and he unfolds it with skill and simplicity, from the early division of the North and South to the final surrender of the Confederate troops. Of all historians past and present, Bruce Catton ranks among the best.
Full Product Details
Author: Author Bruce Catton ,
Barrett Whitener (Premiere Public Speaking, Washington, DC)
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Imprint: Blackstone Publishing
Edition: Unabridged edition
Dimensions:
Width: 16.70cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 19.00cm
Weight: 0.109kg
ISBN: 9780786179732
ISBN 10: 0786179732
Publication Date: 01 January 1991
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Nothing in our time makes the Civil War as alive as the writings of Bruce Catton. -- Baltimore Sun Scholarly, judicious, clear, and unfailingly interesting. -- New York Times The text itself is everything we have come to expect--nay, take for granted--from the practiced hand of Bruce Catton: scholarly, judicious, clear and unfailingly interesting. -- New York Times This book is exactly what a military biography should be, a really distinguished work. -- T. Harry Williams, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Author Information
Bruce Catton (1899-1978), author and editor, is best known as a Civil War historian. Born in Michigan, he served in the navy and worked for newspapers and the federal government before publishing his first Civil War book, Mr. Lincoln's Army, at age fifty-one. In 1954, the year he became the editor of American Heritage magazine, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his book A Stillness at Appomattox. Barrett Whitener has been narrating audiobooks since 1992. His recordings have won several awards, including the prestigious Audie Award and numerous Earphones Awards. AudioFile magazine has named him one of the Best Voices of the Century.
