Prefaces to history.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Catton, Bruce, 1899-1978
Language:English
Published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1970.
Edition:[First edition].
Subjects:
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Physical Description:vi, 230 pages ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Preface to The army of the Potomac trilogy
  • Introduction to John Brown's body
  • Forward to Prince Napoleon in America, 1861
  • President Lincoln and General McClellan
  • Introduction to The Battle of Gettysburg
  • The generalship of Ulysses S. Grant
  • A new appraisal
  • The end of the centennial
  • History as literature
  • For an emotional understanding
  • Morning star
  • Aristotle and Pandora
  • Setting the pattern
  • Jeff Davis: the man behind the image
  • Our American heritage
  • A world of wonder
  • The men who made canoes
  • The swordbearers
  • The dreadful noise
  • The great American game
  • A historical afterword
  • The real Michigan.