A Stillness at Appomattox - Hardcover

Catton, Bruce

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1199047708 ISBN 13: 9781199047700

Publisher: Doubleday, 1953

Synopsis

When first published in 1953, Bruce Catton, our foremost Civil War historian was awarded both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for excellence in nonfiction. This final volume of The Army of the Potomac trilogy relates the final year of the Civil War.

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Review:

If every historian wrote like Bruce Catton, no one would read fiction. This marvelously well-told account of the final year of the Civil War marches readers from Wilderness, through Petersburg, and finally to the climax at Appomattox. The surrender scene, when Grant and Lee meet at last, is spine tingling. This is the third book of Catton's Army of the Potomac trilogy. It's also the best of the bunch, even though the first two, Mr. Lincoln's Army and Glory Road, are both exceptional. Not to be missed. --John Miller

About the Author:

Bruce Catton (1899-1978) was known as a narrative historian who specialized in popular histories that emphasized the colorful characters and vignettes of history. He was one of four founders of American Heritage magazine, where he served as a writer, reviewer, and editor.

Audiobook veteran Michael Kramer has recorded more than two hundred audiobooks for trade publishers and many more for the Library of Congress Talking Books program. An AudioFile Earphones Award winner and an Audie Award nominee, he earned a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award for his reading of Savages by Don Winslow.

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 1953
• ISBN 10: 1199047708
• ISBN 13: 9781199047700
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 438