Word: catton
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Civil War historians should find 1963 a congenial year. It marks the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, at a time when racial conflicts dating back to that document are nearing resolution. No writer appreciates the year's drama more than Bruce Catton, author of A Stillness at Appomattox and nearly a dozen other distinguished popular histories of the Civil...
...Catton's latest book, however, will disappoint his past readers. Written jointly by him and his son, Two Roads to Sumter evaluates the decisions that brought the bombardment in Charleston harbor on April 12, 1861. To exemplify the parting roads taken by North and South, the authors study the careers of the wartime Presidents, Lincoln and Davis. Although this device unifies the book efficiently, it frequently presents tenuous historical parallels; Davis was born in Kentucky just a year before Lincoln, but his intellect needs considerable stretching to match Lincoln's stature...
...Terrible Swift Sword, Catton...
...Terrible Swift Sword, Catton...
Hopper (5) 9. The Wine Is Bitter, Eisenhower (6) 10. Terrible Swift Sword, Catton...