Bruce Catton (1899–1978)
Auteur van A Stillness at Appomattox
Over de Auteur
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 toon meer 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) toon minder
Fotografie: nps.gov
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Werken van Bruce Catton
The Army of the Potomac: Mr. Lincoln's Army; Glory Road; A Stillness at Appomattox (1952) — Auteur — 670 exemplaren
The Centennial History of the Civil War: The Coming Fury; Terrible Swift Sword; Never Call Retreat (1961) 311 exemplaren
Two Roads to Sumter: Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis and the March to the Civil War (1656) 132 exemplaren
Bruce Catton: The Army of the Potomac Trilogy (LOA #359): Mr. Lincoln's Army / Glory Road / A Stillness at… (2022) 104 exemplaren
First Year of American Heritage: The Complete Contents of the First Six Issues of "the Magazine of (1958) 16 exemplaren
American Heritage Civil War Chronology 14 exemplaren
Vier zwarte dagen: historisch overzicht van de dood en de begrafenis van President Kennedy 3 exemplaren
The coming fury Never call retreat 2 exemplaren
AMERICAN HERITAGE (The Magazine of History). Volume XXVIII, Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 1976-77 (1977) 1 exemplaar
American Heritage Magazine, Vol XIV No 2 1 exemplaar
Ethics and Armaments 1 exemplaar
La guerre de Sécession, tome 2 1 exemplaar
American Heritage Volume IX, Number 4 1 exemplaar
American Heritage Magazine, Vol XIV No 3 1 exemplaar
AMERICAN HERITAGE (The Magazine of History). Volume XX, Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; 1968-69. (1969) 1 exemplaar
AMERICAN HERITAGE SERIES (6 Volume Collection) 1 exemplaar
American Heritage: A Michigan Boyhood 1 exemplaar
The Civil War 1 exemplaar
Books on the Civil War 1 exemplaar
AMERICAN HERITAGE (The Magazine of History). Volume XXVII, Numbers 2, 3, 4, 5; 1976. (1976) 1 exemplaar
A MICHIGAN BOYHOOD 1 exemplaar
American Heritage, The Magazine of History, 1957 1 exemplaar
Combat: The Civil War, The Curtain Rises 1 exemplaar
American Heritage (4vol) 1 exemplaar
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Report of the Warren Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (1964) — Nawoord, sommige edities — 953 exemplaren
Co. Aytch: A Confederate Memoir of the Civil War (1882) — Medewerker, sommige edities — 857 exemplaren
A Sense of History: The Best Writing from the Pages of American Heritage (1985) — Medewerker — 464 exemplaren
Twenty Days: A Narrative in Text and Pictures of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (1965) — Voorwoord — 177 exemplaren
The Civil War: The American Iliad as Told by Those Who Lived It (1947) — Introductie — 151 exemplaren
The Greatest War Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Four Incredible War Tales (2001) — Medewerker — 29 exemplaren
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 1989 (1989) — Author "A Matter of a Salute" — 19 exemplaren
American Heritage Magazine Vol 23 No 2 1972 February (1972) — Medewerker; Senior Editor — 15 exemplaren
Best-in-Books The Silver Chalice; A King's Story; A Man Called Peter; The Day Chist Died; Kids Say the Darndest Things;… (1960) — Medewerker — 8 exemplaren
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2011 (2010) — Author "A Madman's Business" — 6 exemplaren
Rachel Cade / It's a Big Country / Pirate / A Stillness at Appomattox / Diamond (1957) — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
Best-in-Books: Twilight for the Gods / How to Do It / Please Don't Eat the Daisies / Life at Happy Knoll / Stillness at… (1958) — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Catton, Charles Bruce
- Geboortedatum
- 1899-10-09
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1978-08-28
- Graflocatie
- Benzonia Township Cemetery, Benzie County, Michigan, USA
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Petoskey, Michigan, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Frankfort, Michigan, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Washington, D.C., USA
Benzonia, Michigan, USA - Opleiding
- Oberlin College (1916, no degree)
- Beroepen
- reporter
director
historian
journalist - Relaties
- Catton, William Bruce (son)
- Organisaties
- 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 - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977)
Honorary Doctorate
Pulitzer Prize (History, 1954)
Leden
Discussies
Shelfby Foote v. Bruce Catton v. James McPherson in American Civil War (juli 2017)
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- 109
- Ook door
- 20
- Leden
- 15,385
- Populariteit
- #1,483
- Waardering
- 4.1
- Besprekingen
- 101
- ISBNs
- 271
- Talen
- 3
- Favoriet
- 31