Two Roads to Sumter - Softcover

William Catton; Bruce Catton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070102554 ISBN 13: 9780070102552

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 1971

Synopsis

Compares and contrasts the lives, careers, and personalities of the Union and Confederate Presidents prior to the outbreak of the Civil War

About this title

About the Author:

As a child living in a small town in Michigan, Bruce Catton (1899-1978) was stimulated by the reminiscences of the Civil War that he heard from local veterans. His education at Oberlin College, Ohio, was interrupted by two years of naval service in World War I and was subsequently abandoned for a career in journalism. While he was employed as a reporter for the Boston American, the Cleveland News, and the Cleveland Plain Dealer (1920-26), Catton continued his lifelong study of the Civil War period. He subsequently worked for the Newspaper Enterprise Service (1926-41) and for the U.S. War Production Board. In 1954 he became a member of the staff of American Heritage magazine, and from 1959 he served as its senior editor.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 1971
• ISBN 10: 0070102554
• ISBN 13: 9780070102552
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 285