A Stillness at Appomattox, Bruce Catton
A Stillness at Appomattox, Bruce Catton
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A Stillness at Appomattox

Author: Bruce Catton

Narrator: Michael Kramer

Unabridged: 15 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/01/2014

Synopsis

Undoubtedly Bruce Catton's most brilliant book, A Stillness at Appomattox won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for excellence in nonfiction. Catton, our foremost Civil War historian, recounts the most spectacular conflicts between Grant and Lee and details the end of hope for the Confederacy.

Utilizing various collections of unpublished letters written by soldiers, personal diaries of spouses and relatives, memoirs of soldiers and their families, and official war records, Catton follows Grant's campaigns from early 1864 to the end of the war, detailing many crucial battles along the way.

About Bruce Catton

Bruce Catton was 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 bestselling 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by robin on April 09, 2025

Rereading A Stillness At Appomattox Bruce Catton's "A Stillness at Appomattox" was the first adult Civil War book I attempted after, many years ago, I was captivated by a series of Civil War stories geared to pre-teens. Since that time, I have continued to read about the Civil War and recently have......more

Goodreads review by Chris on September 21, 2022

Re-read this classic as research for a novel I'm writing.......more

Goodreads review by Richard on May 25, 2011

This is the third installment in Bruce Catton's great Civil War trilogy. Similar to the first two volumes, "A Stillness at Appomattox" continues the style of writing history for modern readers, concentrating on the human motivations central to important events. These books are as readable and enjoya......more

Goodreads review by Jason on May 18, 2021

Catton tells the story of the last year and a half of the Civil War with vivid detail. From the long marches of the regiments to individual battles to the colorful characters that make up the leadership of the North. He focuses on the union army and it’s strategies and failures, particularly in comm......more

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