Bruce Catton
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English
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"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." 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...
6) Glory Road
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Army of the Potomac volume 2
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English
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The riveting saga of a nation at war with itself-from the Union Army's disaster at Fredericksburg to its costly triumph at Gettysburg-by Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War chronicler Bruce Catton In the second book of the Army of the Potomac Trilogy, Bruce Catton-one of America's most honored Civil War historians-once again brings the great battles and the men who fought them to breathtaking life. As the War Between the States moved through its second...
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Army of the Potomac volume 1
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English
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A magnificent history of the opening years of the Civil War by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Bruce Catton The first book in Bruce Catton's Pulitzer Prize-winning Army of the Potomac Trilogy, Mr. Lincoln's Army is a riveting history of the early years of the Civil War, when a fledgling Union Army took its stumbling first steps under the command of the controversial general George McClellan. Following the secession of the Southern states, a beleaguered...
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Open Road Media
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2015.
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English
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A thrilling account of the final years of the War Between the States and the great general who led the Union to victory This conclusion of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Bruce Catton's acclaimed Civil War history of General Ulysses S. Grant begins in the summer of 1863. After Grant's bold and decisive triumph over the Confederate Army at Vicksburg-a victory that wrested control of the Mississippi River from Southern hands-President Abraham Lincoln...
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Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Bruce Catton's acclaimed two-book biography of complex and controversial Union commander Ulysses S. Grant. In these two comprehensive and engaging volumes, preeminent Civil War historian Bruce Catton follows the wartime movements of Ulysses S. Grant, detailing the Union commander's bold tactics and his relentless dedication to achieving the North's victory in the nation's bloodiest conflict. While a succession of Union...
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Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian's acclaimed Civil War history of the complex man and controversial Union commander whose battlefield brilliance ensured the downfall of the Confederacy Preeminent Civil War historian Bruce Catton narrows his focus on commander Ulysses S. Grant, whose bold tactics and relentless dedication to the Union ultimately ensured a Northern victory in the nation's bloodiest conflict. While a succession of Union generals-from...
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Open Road Media Teen & Tween
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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A fascinating and insightful examination of the life and times of the victorious Civil War general who became a controversial American president In U. S. Grant and the American Military Tradition, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Bruce Catton explores the life and legacy of one of the nation's greatest and most misunderstood heroes, before, during, and after the terrible War Between the States that violently split the country in two. Beginning with...