Bruce Catton (1899–1978)
Autore di A Stillness at Appomattox
Sull'Autore
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 mostra altro 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) mostra meno
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Opere di Bruce Catton
The Army of the Potomac: Mr. Lincoln's Army; Glory Road; A Stillness at Appomattox (1952) — Autore — 670 copie
The Centennial History of the Civil War: The Coming Fury; Terrible Swift Sword; Never Call Retreat (1961) 311 copie
Two Roads to Sumter: Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis and the March to the Civil War (1656) 132 copie
Bruce Catton: The Army of the Potomac Trilogy (LOA #359): Mr. Lincoln's Army / Glory Road / A Stillness at… (2022) 104 copie
First Year of American Heritage: The Complete Contents of the First Six Issues of "the Magazine of (1958) 16 copie
AMERICAN HERITAGE (The Magazine of History). Volume XXVIII, Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 1976-77 (1977) 1 copia
Ethics and Armaments 1 copia
La guerre de Sécession, tome 2 1 copia
AMERICAN HERITAGE (The Magazine of History). Volume XX, Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 1968-69. (1969) 1 copia
The Civil War 1 copia
Books on the Civil War 1 copia
A MICHIGAN BOYHOOD 1 copia
American Heritage (4vol) 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Report of The President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy (1964) — Postfazione, alcune edizioni — 953 copie
Co. Aytch: A Confederate Memoir of the Civil War (1882) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 856 copie
A Sense of History: The Best Writing from the Pages of American Heritage (1985) — Collaboratore — 464 copie
Twenty Days: A Narrative in Text and Pictures of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (1965) — Prefazione — 177 copie
The Greatest War Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Four Incredible War Tales (2001) — Collaboratore — 29 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 1989 (1989) — Author "A Matter of a Salute" — 19 copie
American Heritage Magazine Vol 23 No 2 1972 February (1972) — Collaboratore; Senior Editor — 15 copie
Best-in-Books The Silver Chalice; A King's Story; A Man Called Peter; The Day Chist Died; Kids Say the Darndest Things;… (1960) — Collaboratore — 8 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2011 (2010) — Author "A Madman's Business" — 6 copie
Rachel Cade / It's a Big Country / Pirate / A Stillness at Appomattox / Diamond (1957) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Best-in-Books: Twilight for the Gods / How to Do It / Please Don't Eat the Daisies / Life at Happy Knoll / Stillness at… (1958) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Catton, Charles Bruce
- Data di nascita
- 1899-10-09
- Data di morte
- 1978-08-28
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Benzonia Township Cemetery, Benzie County, Michigan, USA
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Petoskey, Michigan, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Frankfort, Michigan, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Washington, D.C., USA
Benzonia, Michigan, USA - Istruzione
- Oberlin College (1916, no degree)
- Attività lavorative
- reporter
director
historian
journalist - Relazioni
- Catton, William Bruce (son)
- Organizzazioni
- 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 - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977)
Honorary Doctorate
Pulitzer Prize (History, 1954)
Utenti
Discussioni
Shelfby Foote v. Bruce Catton v. James McPherson in American Civil War (Luglio 2017)
Recensioni
Liste
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 109
- Opere correlate
- 20
- Utenti
- 15,385
- Popolarità
- #1,483
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 101
- ISBN
- 271
- Lingue
- 3
- Preferito da
- 31