… http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1842122908/?tag=prabook0b-20, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0075550369/?tag=prabook0b-20, (The Bold and Magnificent Dream: America's Founding Years,...), The Bold and Magnificent Dream: America's Founding Years, 1492-1815, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000RJQTKY/?tag=prabook0b-20, historian correspondent. Ken Burns's television documentary The Civil War was based partly on Bruce Catton's books, and resulted in a revival of interest in his histories. historian in residence, Middlebury (Vermont) College, 1980-1984; Son of Bruce and Hazel (Cherry) Catton. His experiences as a federal employee prepared him to write his first book, The War Lords Of Washington, during 1948. In Banners at Shenandoah: A Story of Sheridan's Fighting Cavalry (1955), Catton wrote for young people about Union cavalry commander Philip Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley during 1864. By showing how these two major figures--both Kentucky-born--developed divergent attitudes, the Cattons simultaneously reveal why the North and South became increasingly isolated from each other during the 1850s, and why war became inevitable. In U. S. Grant and the American Military Tradition (1954), Catton writes what many consider one of the best short biographies of the general. For his final volume of the trilogy, A Stillness at Appomattox (1953), Catton recounted the campaigns of Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia from 1864 to the end of the war during 1865. In Two Roads to Sumter (1963), written with his son William, Catton recounted the 15 years prior to the war, as considered from the points of view of the two main politicians involved in the conflict: Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis. Dust jacket soiled and chipped. Also captured: the epic sweep of the era, with its great new railroads, land-hungry westward expansion, and developing industrial and agricultural empires. In cooperation with American Heritage Publishing Company, the Society of American Historians during 1984 initiated the biennial prize that honors an entire body of work. His family moved to Washington, D.C., when his father accepted an editorial position with the Newspaper Enterprise … For the second volume, Glory Road (1952), Catton recounted the army's history with new commanding generals, from the Battle of Fredericksburg to the Battle of Gettysburg. Served with Army of the United States, 1945-1946. In Grant Moves South (1960), Catton discussed the increasing experience of Grant as a military commander, from victories at the Battle of Fort Henry and the Battle of Fort Donelson, to the Battle of Shiloh and the Vicksburg Campaign. This Hallowed Ground (1956) was an account of the war from the Union perspective. Oliver Jensen, who succeeded him as editor of the magazine American Heritage, wrote: No one ever wrote American history with more easy grace, beauty and emotional power, or greater understanding of its meaning, than Bruce Catton. Maryland., 1955-1958; [12], Bruce Catton died in a hospital near his summer home at Frankfort, Michigan, after a respiratory illness. Bruce Catton, winner of a Pulitzer Prize for history and the National Book Award teamed up with his son, William Catton a history professor at Middlebury College to present a very literate, enjoyable, … instructor, Princeton, 1958-1961; The prize consisted of a certificate and $2,500. List Price: $25.00. Documents of Bruce Catton. [3] Catton tried twice to complete his studies, but found himself repeatedly distracted by his newspaper work. Toward the end of his life, Catton published Michigan: A Bicentennial History (1976) and The Bold & Magnificent Dream: America's Founding Years, 1492–1815 (1978). For the first volume, The Coming Fury (1961), Catton discussed the causes of the war, culminating in its first major combat operation, the First Battle of Bull Run. Charles Bruce Catton (October 9, 1899 – August 28, 1978) was an American historian and journalist, known best for his books concerning the American Civil War. Of the many Civil War historians, Catton was arguably the most prolific and popular. [5] Catton served initially as a writer, reviewer, and editor. Click here for the lowest price. His father was a Congregationalist minister, who accepted a teaching position in Benzonia Academy and later became the academy's headmaster. Son of Bruce and Hazel (Cherry) Catton. It was his first commercially successful work and it won both the Pulitzer Prize for History[2] and a National Book Award for Nonfiction. At the start of World War II, Catton was too old for military service. William R. Catton, Jr.-- one of the most significant and influential ecological thinkers of the past century -- died last month, just shy of his 89th birthday.Catton was an inspiration to a host of … In addition, he has authored numerous scholarly articles, book chapters and book reviews. Since 1984, the Bruce Catton Prize was awarded for lifetime achievement in the writing of history. emeritus educator. Past winners include William Carlos Williams, Bruce Catton, Theodore Roethke, Katherine Anne Porter, Edward Seidensticker, Flannery O’Connor, Lewis Thomas, and Madeleine L’Engle. Author, Historian. In addition to these three important trilogies, Catton wrote extensively about the Civil War throughout his career. Two Roads to Sumter [Catton, William, Catton, Bruce] on Amazon.com.au. … During the early 1950s, Catton published three books known collectively as the Army of the Potomac trilogy, a history of that army. (Using the early lives and careers of Abraham Lincoln and ...), Bold And Magnificent Dream, The: America's Founding Years 1492-18, Two Roads to Sumter: Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis and the March to Civil War, Two Roads to Sumter: Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis and the March to Civil War by William Catton (2003-11-01), Two Roads to Sumter: Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis and the March to the Civil War, Bold and Magnificent Dream: America's Founding Years, 1492-1815, Bold and Magnificent Dream: America's Founding Years, 1492-1815 by Bruce Catton, William Bruce Catton (1978) Hardcover, American Epoch: A History of the United States Since 1900 : An Era of Total War and Uncertain Peace 1936-1985. There is a near-magic power of imagination in Catton's work that seemed to project him physically into the battlefields, along the dusty roads and to the campfires of another age. [11][13] He was buried in Benzonia Township Cemetery in Benzie County, Michigan. His father was a Congregationalist minister, who accepted a teaching position in Benzonia Academy and later became the academy's headmaster. professor emeritus, Middlebury (Vermont) College, since 1984. After the publication of Captain Sam Grant (1950) by historian and biographer Lloyd Lewis, Catton wrote the second and third volumes of this trilogy, making extensive use of Lewis's historical research, provided by his widow, Kathryn Lewis, who personally selected Catton to continue her husband's work. From 1926 to 1941, he worked for the Newspaper Enterprise Association, a Scripps-Howard syndicate), for which he wrote editorials and book reviews, as well as serving as a Washington, D.C. "The Bold And Magnificent Dream" is Catton stepping back from his bailiwick to … Hardcover Oct 1978. In the first issue, he wrote: We intend to deal with that great, unfinished and illogically inspiring story of the American people doing, being and becoming. Although his books were researched well and included footnotes, they were not generally presented in a rigorous academic style. Revolution, & the achievement of George Washington. Bruce Catton died of a respiratory illness at the age of 78 on August 28, 1978, in Frankfort, Michigan, half a dozen miles from his boyhood home in Benzonia. Vidal groups Catton with American historians who "...never accept as a fact anything that might obscure those figures illuminated by the high noon of Demos..." [9] As an example, he cites Catton's dismissal of stories related to Grant's alcohol consumption during the Civil War, and places Catton "...in Parson Weems land where all our presidents were good and some were great and none ever served out his term without visibly growing in office." Catton, William Bruce, 1926- Two roads to Sumter, by William and Bruce Catton. For Mr. Lincoln's Army (1951), the first volume, Catton recounted the army's formation, the command of George B. McClellan, the Peninsula Campaign, the Northern Virginia Campaign, and the Battle of Antietam. [11] During 1926, they had a son, William Bruce Catton, who taught history at Princeton University and at Middlebury College, Vermont, where he was the first Charles A. Dana Professor of History. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0756759692/?tag=prabook0b-20, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01182MCS6/?tag=prabook0b-20, ( During 1916, Catton began attending Oberlin College, but he quit without completing a degree because of World War I. In addition to Civil War histories, Catton published other books, including The War Lords Of Washington (1948), an account of Washington, D.C., during World War II, based on his experiences in the federal government, Four Days: The Historical Record Of The Death Of President Kennedy (1964), a 144-page collaboration of the American Heritage magazine and United Press International on the John F. Kennedy assassination, and Waiting for the Morning Train (1972), about the author's Michigan boyhood. Her father, William, and her Uncle Bruce had always been close — they enlisted together in the Navy during World War I, cutting short their studies at Oberlin College, though neither man saw combat. Discount prices on books by William Catton, including titles like Conditions And Prospects Of Farming, Dairying, And Fruit Growing In Western Australia. Served with Army of the United States, 1945-1946. In 1954, Catton accepted the position as founding editor of the new magazine American Heritage. Several former colleagues contributed to an appreciation in American Heritage that winter. assistant professor, Princeton, 1961-1964; Bruce Catton, William Bruce Catton. 1 child, David Bruce. Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee, two very … *FREE* shipping on eligible orders. American writer Gore Vidal, whose essays primarily concern the history of the United States and its society, criticizes Catton for a hagiographic approach to writing about prominent Americans of the past, calling him "that ubiquitous clone of Parson Weems." Two Roads to Sumter The book tells of the rise of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, … [1] Known as a narrative historian, Catton … Charles A. Dana professor of history, Middlebury (Vermont) College, 1969-1980; Winners of the … Leads us through the debates between the followers of Hamilton & Jefferson -- a political & spiritual conflict that would always shape the American experience. William Bruce Catton has been listed as a noteworthy historian, emeritus educator by Marquis Who's Who. They had one son: William Bruce Catton. William Robert Catton, Jr., who lived from 1926 – 2015, was an American sociologist. From 1961 to 1965, the Centennial of the Civil War was commemorated, and Catton published his Centennial History of the Civil War trilogy. As a boy, Catton first heard the reminiscences of the aged veterans who had fought in the Civil War. Catton was known primarily for his 1980 book, Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change. continent. Charles Bruce Catton was born in Petoskey, Michigan, to George R. and Adela M. (Patten) Catton, and raised in Benzonia, Michigan. [5], At the start of World War II, Catton was too old for military service. Bruce Catton was a prose stylist among historians, drawing poetry from the carnage that was the American Civil War. Oberlin College awarded him an honorary degree in 1956. Although the book was not a commercial success, it inspired Catton to quit federal employment to become a full-time author.[6]. [3], The Bruce Catton Collection is housed in the Archives of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina.[15]. [8] (Weems is remembered primarily for his whitewashed paeans to the Founding Fathers.) He won a Pulitzer Prize during 1954 for A Stillness at Appomattox,[2] his study of the final campaign of the war in Virginia.[3]. Catton was born in Petoskey, Michigan, to George R. and Adela M. (Patten) Catton, and raised in Benzonia. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1959. Master of Arts, University Maryland., 1952; Bruce and William Catton write about two Kentucky born personas whose paths diverge and then converge further down the road. During 1941, he accepted a position as Director of Information for the War Production Board, and later he had similar jobs in the Department of Commerce and the Department of the Interior. Married F. Lynn Casman, 1978. Bruce passed away on month day 1978, at age 78. The father/son authors … Conclude with an account of the War of 1812. In The American Heritage Short History of the Civil War (1960), Catton offers a narrative that discussed the military and political aspects of the war. [10], On August 16, 1925, Catton married Hazel H. Two Roads to Sumter: Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis and the March to the Civil War by William Catton, Bruce Catton and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at … The story of America, from Columbus & the Colonial Age through the War of 1812. Vividly describes the vigorous movement to independence, & show how the concepts of human equality & liberty were translated into the formal workings of popular government. Upon its publication, it was widely considered the best single volume history of the Civil War, receiving a Fletcher Pratt Award from the Civil War Round Table of New York during 1957. Maps. Bruce Catton, a Yankee-born prolific writer on the Civil War whose anthology "A Stillness At Appomattox" won him a Pulitzer Prize, died Monday at 78, hospital officials said. Using the early lives and careers of Abraham Lincoln an...). It covered the period from late 1862 to the surrender of Lee's army and Lincoln's assassination in April 1865 to … I think I was always subconsciously driven by an attempt to restate that faith and to show where it was properly grounded, how it grew out of what a great many young men on both sides felt and believed and were brave enough to do.[4]. “Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts,” written by Bruce Catton compares and contrasts the characteristics and lives of two leaders of the Civil War. It is named for Bruce Catton, prizewinning historian and first editor of American Heritage magazine. 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