Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1974. Third Printing. Hardcover. 0385020600 . A tasteful third printing in Near Fine condition with some soiling in a Very Good+ dust-jacket with soiling and edgewear housed in a Very Good+ slip-case also with soiling and edgewear; Gettysburg is the perfect book to teach history. Catton brings the battle to life with his descriptive writing. This book is a must read for anyone interested in American history.; 8vo ; 114 pages .

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Bruce Catton was born in Petoskey, Michigan, in 1899. A United States journalist and writer, Catton was one of America’s most popular Civil War historians. He worked as a newspaperman in Boston, Cleveland, and Washington, and also held a position at the U.S. Department of Commerce in 1948. Catton’s best-selling book, A Stillness at Appomattox , earned him a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award in 1954. Before his death in 1978, Catton wrote a total of ten books detailing the Civil War, including his last, Grant Takes Command .

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On Jul 21 2011, Scillonianboy said:

Very few historians write like Bruce Catton. His clarity of descriptions and events, particularly of complex, and chaotic, clashes and stratagies are to be envied. His use of language and the "common man" perspective not only reveal what it was really like but also convey to the reader the horror of conflict at any level. A very clear and concise record of what happened at Gettysburg.

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Bookseller: Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 51213
Title: Gettysburg: the Final Fury
Author: Catton, Bruce
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
Edition: Third Printing
ISBN 10: 0385020600
ISBN 13: 9780385020602
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Place of Publication: Garden City, NY
Date Published: 1974
Bookseller catalogs: History / Civil War;

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