America Goes to War: The Civil War and Its Meaning in American Culture
by Bruce Catton
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A fascinating study of the first modern war and its effect on American Culture.Tags
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A short, but thought-inducing book about the Civil War. These little themed essays are still relevant, even fifty years after its original publication. Catton's remarks on the technology and tactics that made it the first modern war, or how this war was hard, are especially thought provoking. A quick read for anyone interested in the Civil War or American history in general.
A short, but thought-inducing book about the Civil War. These little themed essays are still relevant, even fifty years after its original publication. Catton's remarks on the technology and tactics that made it the first modern war, or how this war was hard, are especially thought provoking. A quick read for anyone interested in the Civil War or American history in general.
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Bruce Catton, whose complete name was Charles Bruce Catton, was born in Petoskey, Michigan, on October 9, 1899. A United States journalist and writer, Catton was one of America's most popular Civil War historians. Catton worked as a newspaperman in Boston, Cleveland, and Washington, and also held a position at the U.S. Department of Commerce in show more 1948. Catton's best-selling book, A Stillness at Appomattox, a recount of the most spectacular conflicts between Generals Grant and Lee in the final year of the Civil War, earned him a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award in 1954. In 1977, the year before his death, Catton received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, from President Gerald R. Ford, who noted that the author and historian "made us hear the sounds of battle and cherish peace." Before his death in 1978, Catton wrote a total of ten books detailing the Civil War, including his last, Grant Takes Command. Since 1984, the Bruce Catton Prize was awarded for lifetime achievement in the writing of history. In cooperation with American Heritage Publishing Company, the Society of American Historians in 1984 initiated the biennial prize that honors an entire body of work. It is named for Bruce Catton, prizewinning historian and first editor of American Heritage magazine. The prize consisted of a certificate and 2,500 dollars. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 1958
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