This Hallowed Ground
Author: Catton, Bruce
ISBN: 9780307947086
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Jan 2012
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback / softback
Now in the Vintage Civil War Library for the first time, a magnificent one-volume history of the American Civil War as told by one of its finest historians, Bruce Catton, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his book A Stillness at Appomattox.
A perfect introduction and "the best single-volume treatment of the Civil War" (Chicago Sun-Times) that capturesthe dramatic scope and intimate experience of that epic struggle from thePulitzer Prize-winning author of the Army of the Potomac Trilogy.
Covering events from the prelude of the conflict to the death of Lincoln, Bruce Catton blends a gripping narrative with deep, yet unassuming, scholarship to bring the war alive on the page 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 readers beginning their exploration of the conflict, as well as a thrilling analysis and reimagining of its events for experienced students of the war.
Includes maps.
ISBN: 9780307947086
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Jan 2012
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback / softback
Now in the Vintage Civil War Library for the first time, a magnificent one-volume history of the American Civil War as told by one of its finest historians, Bruce Catton, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his book A Stillness at Appomattox.
A perfect introduction and "the best single-volume treatment of the Civil War" (Chicago Sun-Times) that capturesthe dramatic scope and intimate experience of that epic struggle from thePulitzer Prize-winning author of the Army of the Potomac Trilogy.
Covering events from the prelude of the conflict to the death of Lincoln, Bruce Catton blends a gripping narrative with deep, yet unassuming, scholarship to bring the war alive on the page 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 readers beginning their exploration of the conflict, as well as a thrilling analysis and reimagining of its events for experienced students of the war.
Includes maps.
