Reflections on the Civil War
- ISBN-10
- 0307833313
- ISBN-13
- 9780307833310
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 248
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-06-26
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Author
- Bruce Catton
Description
Edited from tapes that the Pulitzer prize-winnng historian made before his death, this moving, informative book paints an intimate portrait of war. It's a chronicle of motives and emotions, from larger than life figures Lincoln and Lee to young John B.
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