Reflections on the Civil War. Edited by John Leekley. Introduction by E. B. Long.
first edition
1981 · Garden City, NY
by Catton, Bruce.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1981. First Edition. Octavo, cloth backed boards (hardcover), gilt letters, xvii + 246 pp. Very Good+, with light sunning, in a Near-Fine, mylar protected dust jacket with slight darkening. As more than three generationsof appreciative readers will attest, the Civil War was a subject Bruce Catton made uniquely his own. In this thoughtful volume, he goes beyond the rudimentary facades of war -- the events and the personalities -- to seek the essential meaning and consequences of the conflict that helped to shape the Unived States we know today. He returns to the America of 1861 and looks at some of the contributing factors that led to war: slavery, the emotional economic climate of the country, and the strengths and weaknesses of the leaders involved... (Inventory #: 4304bd)