This Hallowed Ground, Bruce Catton
This Hallowed Ground, Bruce Catton
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This Hallowed Ground
A History of the Civil War

Author: Bruce Catton

Narrator: David Drummond

Unabridged: 18 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/22/2018

Synopsis

The classic one-volume history of the American Civil War by Pulitzer Prize winner Bruce Catton.

Covering events from the prelude of the conflict to the death of Lincoln, Catton blends a gripping narrative with deep, yet unassuming, scholarship to bring the war alive in an almost novelistic way. It is this gift for narrative that led contemporary critics to compare this book to War and Peace, and call it a "modern Iliad." Now over fifty years old, This Hallowed Ground remains one of the best-loved and admired general Civil War books: a perfect introduction to listeners beginning their exploration of the conflict, as well as a thrilling analysis and reimagining of its events for experienced students of the war.

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 Murray

🥁 Bruce Catton was simply one of the most eloquent, profound and accessible historians of the American Civil War. Everyone should read at least one of his books. He speaks to far more than the various battles of the war. I find he is fair to both sides of the conflict and able to discuss the entire......more

Goodreads review by Christopher

Bruce Catton spent the bulk of his career writing lively narrative accounts of the American Civil War. This Hallowed Ground is a fair digest of his work, providing a concise one-volume narrative of the conflict, focusing as the subtitle suggests on the Union Army. While Catton's writing style achiev......more

Goodreads review by Joe

Bruce Catton's 1956 work provides everything that a newcomer to the history of the American Civil War could possibly want from a single volume. It covering the major campaigns of the war from a Union perspective, its portraits of the key generals - McClellan, Grant, Jackson and, particularly, Sherma......more

Goodreads review by Sarthak

So beautifully written.......more

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