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A classic work. . . . The best single-volume treatment of the Civil War. . . . A book to own and remember. <br>-- Chicago Sun-Times <br> This book is to Civil War history what War and Peace is to fiction. . . . An outstanding reading experience. <br>-- Los Angeles Times <br> Fresh and distinctive. . . . Reading it is sheer joy. <br>-- The New York Times <br> <br> Bruce Catton is doing the same job on the Civil War that Carl Sandburg did for Lincoln. . . . A magnificent account which reads like a modern Iliad. <br>-- The Miami Herald <br> Catton writes as though he owned the War. It could not be in better hands. <br>-- The Little Rock Arkansas Gazette <br> Racing, exciting narrative. . . . A great book that reflects the full measure of Catton's rare combination of talent as a writer and historian. <br>-- The Kansas City Star <br> The story of the Union in arms comes to life as in no other book on the war as a whole. . . . It is a as a narrative that this bo

A classic work. . . . The best single-volume treatment of the Civil War. . . . A book to own and remember. -- Chicago Sun-Times This book is to Civil War history what War and Peace is to fiction. . . . An outstanding reading experience. -- Los Angeles Times Fresh and distinctive. . . . Reading it is sheer joy. -- The New York Times Bruce Catton is doing the same job on the Civil War that Carl Sandburg did for Lincoln. . . . A magnificent account which reads like a modern Iliad. -- The Miami Herald Catton writes as though he owned the War. It could not be in better hands. -- The Little Rock Arkansas Gazette Racing, exciting narrative. . . . A great book that reflects the full measure of Catton's rare combination of talent as a writer and historian. -- The Kansas City Star The story of the Union in arms comes to life as in no other book on the war as a whole. . . . It is a as a narrative that this book achieves its distinction. From the opening chapter on to the final wonderful picture this story marches along, powerfully, breathlessly but with assurance. . . . A moving and exciting book. --Henry Steele Commager, New York Herald Tribune

A classic work. . . . The best single-volume treatment of the Civil War. . . . A book to own and remember. <br>-- Chicago Sun-Times <br> <br> This book is to Civil War history what War and Peace is to fiction. . . . An outstanding reading experience. <br>-- Los Angeles Times <br> <br> Fresh and distinctive. . . . Reading it is sheer joy. <br>-- The New York Times <br> <br> Bruce Catton is doing the same job on the Civil War that Carl Sandburg did for Lincoln. . . . A magnificent account which reads like a modern Iliad. <br>-- The Miami Herald <br> <br> Catton writes as though he owned the War. It could not be in better hands. <br>-- The Little Rock Arkansas Gazette <br> <br> Racing, exciting narrative. . . . A great book that reflects the full measure of Catton's rare combination of talent as a writer and historian. <br>-- The Kansas City Star <br> <br> The story of the Union in arms comes to life as in no other book on the war as a whole. . . . It is a as a narrative that this book achieves its distinction. From the opening chapter on to the final wonderful picture this story marches along, powerfully, breathlessly but with assurance. . . . A moving and exciting book. <br>--Henry Steele Commager, New York Herald Tribune

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BRUCE CATTONwas 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 best-selling 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.

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