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.
“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.”
—New York Herald Tribune
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