Two Roads to Sumter: Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis and the March to the Civil War - Hardcover

Catton, William; Catton, Bruce

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 078581597X ISBN 13: 9780785815976

Publisher: Castle, 2004

Synopsis

Using the early lives and careers of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis as theme and framework, two of America's finest historians outline each step in the tragic march to the Civil War. By showing how these two major figures--both Kentucky-born--developed divergent attitudes, the Cattons simultaneously reveal why the North and South became increasingly isolated from each other during the 1850s, and why war became inevitable. Also captured: the epic sweep of the era, with its great new railroads, land-hungry westward expansion, and developing industrial and agricultural empires.

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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: Castle
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 078581597X
• ISBN 13: 9780785815976
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 285