Overview
Infinitely readable and 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: Library Edition
Dimensions:
Width: 17.30cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 16.60cm
Weight: 0.281kg
ISBN: 9780786185924
ISBN 10: 0786185929
Pages: 7
Publication Date: 01 January 2005
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
Nothing in our time makes the Civil War as alive as the writings of Bruce Catton. -- Baltimore Sun 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 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 was born in Petoskey, Michigan, in 1899. A United States journalist and writer, Catton was one of America's most popular Civil War historians. He worked as a newspaperman in Boston, Cleveland, and Washington, and also held a position at the U.S. Department of Commerce in 1948. Catton's bestselling book, A Stillness at Appomattox, earned him a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award in 1954. Before his death in 1978, Catton wrote a total of ten books detailing the Civil War. Barrett Whitener has won half a dozen coveted AudioFile Earphones Awards for his audiobook narration. His audiography includes A Reporter's Life by Walter Cronkite, Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose, and Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman.
