Bruce Catton (1899–1978)
Forfatter af A Stillness at Appomattox
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Bruce Catton, whose complete name was Charles Bruce Catton, was born in Petoskey, Michigan, on October 9, 1899. A United States journalist and writer, Catton was one of America's most popular Civil War historians. Catton worked as a newspaperman in Boston, Cleveland, and Washington, and also held a vis mere position at the U.S. Department of Commerce in 1948. Catton's best-selling book, A Stillness at Appomattox, a recount of the most spectacular conflicts between Generals Grant and Lee in the final year of the Civil War, earned him a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award in 1954. In 1977, the year before his death, Catton received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, from President Gerald R. Ford, who noted that the author and historian "made us hear the sounds of battle and cherish peace." Before his death in 1978, Catton wrote a total of ten books detailing the Civil War, including his last, Grant Takes Command. Since 1984, the Bruce Catton Prize was awarded for lifetime achievement in the writing of history. In cooperation with American Heritage Publishing Company, the Society of American Historians in 1984 initiated the biennial prize that honors an entire body of work. It is named for Bruce Catton, prizewinning historian and first editor of American Heritage magazine. The prize consisted of a certificate and 2,500 dollars. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Bruce Catton
The Army of the Potomac: Mr. Lincoln's Army; Glory Road; A Stillness at Appomattox (1952) 662 eksemplarer
The Centennial History of the Civil War: The Coming Fury; Terrible Swift Sword; Never Call Retreat (1961) 310 eksemplarer
Two Roads to Sumter: Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis and the March to the Civil War (1656) 130 eksemplarer
Bruce Catton: The Army of the Potomac Trilogy (LOA #359): Mr. Lincoln's Army / Glory Road / A Stillness at… (2022) 103 eksemplarer
First Year of American Heritage: The Complete Contents of the First Six Issues of "the Magazine of (1958) 16 eksemplarer
American Heritage Civil War Chronology 14 eksemplarer
Vier zwarte dagen: historisch overzicht van de dood en de begrafenis van President Kennedy 3 eksemplarer
The coming fury Never call retreat 2 eksemplarer
American Heritage Magazine, Vol XIV No 2 1 eksemplar
Ethics and Armaments 1 eksemplar
Stillness at Appomatox 1 eksemplar
American Heritage Magazine, Vol XIV No 3 1 eksemplar
A MICHIGAN BOYHOOD 1 eksemplar
AMERICAN HERITAGE SERIES (6 Volume Collection) 1 eksemplar
American Heritage: A Michigan Boyhood 1 eksemplar
American Heritage, The Magazine of History, 1957 1 eksemplar
AMERICAN HERITAGE (The Magazine of History). Volume XX, Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 1968-69. (1969) 1 eksemplar
AMERICAN HERITAGE (The Magazine of History). Volume XXVIII, Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 1976-77 (1977) 1 eksemplar
Combat: The Civil War, The Curtain Rises 1 eksemplar
Books on the Civil War 1 eksemplar
AMERICAN HERITAGE (The Magazine of History). Volume XXVII, Numbers 2, 3, 4, 5; 1976. (1976) 1 eksemplar
La guerre de Sécession, tome 2 1 eksemplar
American Heritage (4vol) 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Report of the Warren Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (1964) — Efterskrift, nogle udgaver — 950 eksemplarer
Co. Aytch: A Confederate Memoir of the Civil War (1882) — Bidragyder, nogle udgaver — 848 eksemplarer
A Sense of History: The Best Writing from the Pages of American Heritage (1985) — Bidragyder — 463 eksemplarer
Twenty Days: A Narrative in Text and Pictures of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (1965) — Forord — 177 eksemplarer
The Civil War: The American Iliad as Told by Those Who Lived It (1947) — Introduktion — 152 eksemplarer
The Greatest War Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Four Incredible War Tales (2001) — Bidragyder — 29 eksemplarer
American Heritage Magazine Vol 23 No 2 1972 February (1972) — Bidragyder; Senior Editor — 15 eksemplarer
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 1989 (1989) — Author "A Matter of a Salute" — 15 eksemplarer
Best-in-Books The Silver Chalice; A King's Story; A Man Called Peter; The Day Chist Died; Kids Say the Darndest Things;… (1960) — Bidragyder — 8 eksemplarer
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2011 (2010) — Author "A Madman's Business" — 6 eksemplarer
Rachel Cade / It's a Big Country / Pirate / A Stillness at Appomattox / Diamond (1957) — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
Best-in-Books: Twilight for the Gods / How to Do It / Please Don't Eat the Daisies / Life at Happy Knoll / Stillness at… (1958) — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
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Almen Viden
- Juridisk navn
- Catton, Charles Bruce
- Fødselsdato
- 1899-10-09
- Dødsdag
- 1978-08-28
- Begravelsessted
- Benzonia Township Cemetery, Benzie County, Michigan, USA
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Petoskey, Michigan, USA
- Dødssted
- Frankfort, Michigan, USA
- Bopæl
- Washington, D.C., USA
Benzonia, Michigan, USA - Uddannelse
- Oberlin College (1916, no degree)
- Erhverv
- reporter
director
historian
journalist - Relationer
- Catton, William Bruce (son)
- Organisationer
- American Academy of Arts and Letters ( [1955])
United States Navy (WWI)
United States Department of Commerce
United States Department of the Interior
American Heritage
Newspaper Enterprise Association - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977)
Honorary Doctorate
Pulitzer Prize (History, 1954)
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Discussions
Shelfby Foote v. Bruce Catton v. James McPherson i American Civil War (juli 2017)
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- Popularitet
- #1,491
- Vurdering
- 4.1
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- 101
- ISBN
- 271
- Sprog
- 3
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- 31