Bruce Catton (1899–1978)
Autor von A Stillness at Appomattox
Über den Autor
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 mehr anzeigen 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) weniger anzeigen
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Werke von Bruce Catton
The Army of the Potomac: Mr. Lincoln's Army; Glory Road; A Stillness at Appomattox (1952) — Autor — 672 Exemplare
The Centennial History of the Civil War: The Coming Fury; Terrible Swift Sword; Never Call Retreat (1961) 313 Exemplare
Two Roads to Sumter: Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis and the March to the Civil War (1656) 133 Exemplare
Bruce Catton: The Army of the Potomac Trilogy (LOA #359): Mr. Lincoln's Army / Glory Road / A Stillness at… (2022) 108 Exemplare
First Year of American Heritage: The Complete Contents of the First Six Issues of "the Magazine of (1958) 16 Exemplare
American Heritage Civil War Chronology 14 Exemplare
Vier zwarte dagen: historisch overzicht van de dood en de begrafenis van President Kennedy 3 Exemplare
The Army of the Potomac: Mr Lincoln's Army 2 Exemplare
Ethics and Armaments 1 Exemplar
American Heritage Magazine, Vol XIV No 3 1 Exemplar
American Heritage Volume IX, Number 4 1 Exemplar
American Heritage Magazine, Vol XIV No 2 1 Exemplar
A MICHIGAN BOYHOOD 1 Exemplar
AMERICAN HERITAGE (The Magazine of History). Volume XXVIII, Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 1976-77 (1977) 1 Exemplar
Books on the Civil War 1 Exemplar
La guerre de Sécession, tome 2 1 Exemplar
AMERICAN HERITAGE (The Magazine of History). Volume XXVII, Numbers 2, 3, 4, 5; 1976. (1976) 1 Exemplar
Combat: The Civil War, The Curtain Rises 1 Exemplar
AMERICAN HERITAGE (The Magazine of History). Volume XX, Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 1968-69. (1969) 1 Exemplar
The Civil War 1 Exemplar
American Heritage: A Michigan Boyhood 1 Exemplar
American Heritage (4vol) 1 Exemplar
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Report of the Warren Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (1964) — Nachwort, einige Ausgaben — 955 Exemplare
Co. Aytch: A Confederate Memoir of the Civil War (1882) — Mitwirkender, einige Ausgaben — 861 Exemplare
A Sense of History: The Best Writing from the Pages of American Heritage (1985) — Mitwirkender — 465 Exemplare
Twenty Days: A Narrative in Text and Pictures of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (1965) — Vorwort — 177 Exemplare
The Greatest War Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Four Incredible War Tales (2001) — Mitwirkender — 29 Exemplare
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 1989 (1989) — Author "A Matter of a Salute" — 19 Exemplare
American Heritage Magazine Vol 23 No 2 1972 February (1972) — Mitwirkender; Senior Editor — 15 Exemplare
Best-in-Books The Silver Chalice; A King's Story; A Man Called Peter; The Day Chist Died; Kids Say the Darndest Things;… (1960) — Mitwirkender — 8 Exemplare
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2011 (2010) — Author "A Madman's Business" — 7 Exemplare
Rachel Cade / It's a Big Country / Pirate / A Stillness at Appomattox / Diamond (1957) — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
Best-in-Books: Twilight for the Gods / How to Do It / Please Don't Eat the Daisies / Life at Happy Knoll / Stillness at… (1958) — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Catton, Charles Bruce
- Geburtstag
- 1899-10-09
- Todestag
- 1978-08-28
- Begräbnisort
- Benzonia Township Cemetery, Benzie County, Michigan, USA
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Petoskey, Michigan, USA
- Sterbeort
- Frankfort, Michigan, USA
- Wohnorte
- Washington, D.C., USA
Benzonia, Michigan, USA - Ausbildung
- Oberlin College (1916, no degree)
- Berufe
- reporter
director
historian
journalist - Beziehungen
- Catton, William Bruce (son)
- Organisationen
- 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 - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977)
Honorary Doctorate
Pulitzer Prize (History, 1954)
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Shelfby Foote v. Bruce Catton v. James McPherson in American Civil War (Juli 2017)
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