This Hallowed Ground: A History of the Civil War by Catton, Bruce

This Hallowed Ground: A History of the Civil War (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780307947086)

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This Hallowed Ground: A History of the Civil War by Catton, Bruce

This Hallowed Ground: A History of the Civil War

$19.00
This Hallowed Ground: A History of the Civil War by Catton, Bruce

This Hallowed Ground: A History of the Civil War

$19.00
Format: Paperback
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A perfect introduction and "the best single-volume treatment of the Civil War" (Chicago Sun-Times) that captures the dramatic scope and intimate experience of that epic struggle from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the Army of the Potomac Trilogy.

Covering events from the prelude of the conflict to the death of Lincoln, Bruce Catton blends a gripping narrative with deep, yet unassuming, scholarship to bring the war alive on the page in an almost novelistic way. It is this gift for narrative that led contemporary critics to compare this book to War and Peace, and call it a "modern Iliad." Now over fifty years old, This Hallowed Ground remains one of the best-loved and admired general Civil War books: a perfect introduction to readers beginning their exploration of the conflict, as well as a thrilling analysis and reimagining of its events for experienced students of the war.

Includes maps.

Author: Bruce Catton
ISBN-10: 0307947084
ISBN-13: 9780307947086
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 01/03/2012
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 7.89h x 5.19w x 0.91d
By Bruce Catton
By Bruce Catton
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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 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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