Books with author Bruce Catton

Infinitely readable and absorbing, Bruce Catton’s The Civil War is one of the best-selling, most widely read general histories of the war available in a single volume. Newly introduced by the critically acclaimed Civil War historian James M. McPherson, The Civil War vividly traces one of the most moving chapters in American history, from the early division between the North and the South to the final surrender of Confederate troops. Catton's account of battles is carefully interwoven with details about the political activities of the Union and Confederate armies and diplomatic efforts overseas. This new edition of The Civil War is a must-have for anyone interested in the war that divided America.

The rousing, action-packed novel of the boy who fought at General Sheridan's side through some of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. This book is not a panoramic historical novel in the tradition of War and Peace or Gone with the Wind. The author's aim was to portray for today's youth how the war might have seemed to them had they lived a century ago.

"Bruce Catton's study is at it's most penetrating when analyzing why Grant was doomed to fail as a President. The question is a vital one: why was the man who could size up generals and choose men and courses wisely in war so totally incapable of coping with the Reconstruction world he was elected to preside over? This biography answers that question and many more about the man who was second only to Lincoln in his importance to the cause of preserving the Union."