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Bruce Catton

Born

in Petoskey, Michigan, The United States

October 09, 1899

Died

August 28, 1978

Genre

History

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Bruce Catton was a distinguished American historian and journalist, best known for his influential writings on the American Civil War. Renowned for his narrative style, Catton brought history to life through richly drawn characters, vivid battlefield descriptions, and a deep understanding of the political and emotional forces that shaped the era. His accessible yet meticulously researched books made him one of the most popular historians of the twentieth century.
Born in Petoskey, Michigan, and raised in the small town of Benzonia, Catton grew up surrounded by Civil War veterans whose personal stories sparked a lifelong fascination with the conflict. Though he briefly attended Oberlin College, Catton left during World War I and served in the ...more

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Average rating: 4.34 · 30,209 ratings · 1,809 reviews · 373 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Stillness at Appomattox 4.37 avg rating — 6,573 ratings — published 1951 — 148 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr. Lincoln's Army 4.33 avg rating — 2,979 ratings — published 1951 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Coming Fury 4.34 avg rating — 2,832 ratings — published 1961 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grant Takes Command 1863-1865 4.43 avg rating — 2,373 ratings — published 1969 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Glory Road 4.43 avg rating — 2,316 ratings — published 1952 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Never Call Retreat by Bruce Catton, E.B. Long (Editor) 4.38 avg rating — 2,029 ratings — published 1965 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Terrible Swift Sword 4.39 avg rating — 1,951 ratings — published 1962 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Civil War 4.10 avg rating — 1,920 ratings — published 1960 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Hallowed Ground: The Story of the Union Side of the Civil War 4.39 avg rating — 1,419 ratings — published 1955 — 109 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grant Moves South 4.49 avg rating — 1,229 ratings — published 1960 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Army of the Potomac (3 books)
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Bruce Catton

4.37 avg rating — 11,868 ratings

The Centennial History of the Civil War (3 books)
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E.B. Long (Editor)

4.37 avg rating — 6,812 ratings

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“A certain combination of incompetence and indifference can cause almost as much suffering as the most acute malevolence.”
― Bruce Catton

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“In the 1860s the leaders of the cotton belt made one of the most prodigious miscalculations in recorded history. On the eve of the era of applied technologies, in which more and more work is done with fewer people and less effort, they made war to preserve the day of chattel slavery - the era of gang labor, with its reliance on the same use of human muscles that built the pyramids. The lost cause was lost before it started to fight. Inability to see what is going on in the world can be costly.”
― Bruce Catton, Waiting for the Morning Train

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“Bear in mind, now, that most of this work was done by men who had no intention whatever, when they enlisted, of making war to end slavery. Slavery was killed by the act of war itself. It was the one human institution on all the earth which could not possibly be defended by force of arms, because that force, once called into play, was bound to destroy it. The Union armies which ended slavery were led by men like Grant and Sherman, who had profound sympathies with the South and who had never in their lives shown the slightest sympathies with the abolitionists. But they were also men who believed in the one great, fearful fact about modern war--that when you get into it, the guiding rule is that you have to win it.”
― Bruce Catton

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What shall we read in November, 2022? Books published in or before 1990.

The Good Old Boys, by Elmer Kelton

13 votes 24.5%

The House Behind the Cedars, by Charles W. Chesnutt

10 votes 18.9%

A Stillness at Appomattox, by Bruce Catton

9 votes 17.0%

Blues for Mister Charlie, by James Baldwin

8 votes 15.1%

In the Land of Dreamy Dreams, by Ellen Gilchrist

8 votes 15.1%

Hold Autumn in Your Hand, by George Sessions Perry

5 votes 9.4%

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