The American Heritage History of the Civil War [UNABRIDGED] Review
The American Heritage History of the Civil War [UNABRIDGED] Overview
"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." The Civil War is America's great Iliad, and few would dispute that its outcome is evident in most social and political issues today. For a person seeking a single volume to serve as a captivating introduction and 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 participants and battles, and he unfolds it with skill and simplicity. Of all historians past and present, Bruce Catton ranks among the best. Said Henry Steele Comanger in the New York Times, this work "is everything we have come to expect from the practiced hand of Bruce Catton: scholarly, judicious, clear, and unfailingly interesting. It would be difficult to find a better introduction to the Civil War than this book."
Available at Amazon Check Price Now!
Related Products
- Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 (Oxford History of the United States)
- 1776
- The Last Days of the Sioux Nation: Second Edition (The Lamar Series in Western History)
- George Washington and the American Military Tradition (Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures)
- The Civil War: The complete text of the bestselling narrative history of the Civil War--based on the celebrated PBS television series
Customer Reviews
*** Product Information and Prices Stored: Nov 30, 2010 03:30:06
