Bruce Catton
Author
Series
Centennial history of the American Civil War volume 3
American Civil War trilogy volume 3
Centennial history of the Civil War volume 3
American Civil War trilogy volume 3
Centennial history of the Civil War volume 3
Language
English
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award! A thrilling, page-turning piece of writing that describes the forces conspiring to tear apart the United States--with the disintegrating political processes and rising tempers finally erupting at Bull Run. "...a major work by a major writer, a superb re-creation of the twelve crucial months that opened the Civil War."--The New York Times.
Author
Series
Army of the Potomac volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Recounts the most spectacular conflicts between Grant and Lee and details the end of hope for the Confederacy in the final year of the Civil War.
Author
Series
Centennial history of the American Civil War volume 2
Centennial history of the Civil War volume 2
American Civil War trilogy volume 2
Centennial history of the Civil War volume 2
American Civil War trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
The second episode in this award-winning trilogy impressively shows how the Union and Confederacy, slowly and inexorably, reconciled themselves to an all-out war--an epic struggle for freedom.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"America needed its great war of brothers," wrote Bruce Catton, "to weld in a terrible fire what had been and what might be. The story of the war needs retelling because it helped to change the future of the human race." For a person seeking a single volume to serve as a captivating introduction and a dependable guide through all the maze of battles and issues of the Civil War, this is a book without parallel. Catton understood the Civil War, its...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1961-65
Edition
[1st ed.].
Physical Desc
3 volumes : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
Volume 1: "The coming fury" describes the people and politics, social and economic forces which came together to drive the nation apart, from a political convention in Charleston in 1860 through the first, stunning impact of the Battle of Bull Run.
Volume 2: "Terrible swift sword" traces the personalities and actions leading to the Emancipation Proclamation and the removal of General McClellan from command of the North's principal army.
Volume 3:...
Author
Series
Library of America volume 359
Publisher
The Library of America
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xxvi, 1277 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
An analysis of the Civil War focuses on Generals McClellan, Burnside, Hooker, Meade, and Grant, and discusses the final defeat of General Robert E. Lee.
Author
Series
Army of the Potomac volume 3
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[1953]
Edition
[1st ed.].
Physical Desc
438 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
This final volume of The Army of the Potomac trilogy relates the final year of the Civil War. When it was first published in 1953, the author was awarded both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for excellence in nonfiction.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005, 1982
Edition
Fullscreen ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (296 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Epic story covering a period in U.S. history from John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry in 1859 to the summer of 1865 following President Lincoln's death. Focuses on two related families living on either side of the Mason-Dixon line who find themselves at war with each other.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 381 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Epic story covering a period in U.S. history from John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry in 1859 to the summer of 1865 following President Lincoln's death. Focuses on two related families living on either side of the Mason-Dixon line who find themselves at war with each other.
