A stillness at Appomattox

Catton, Bruce 1899-1978 (Author).

Summary: Undoubtedly Catton's most brilliant books, A Stillness at Appomattox won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for excellence in nonfiction. Caton recounts the most spectacular conflicts between Grant and Lee and details the end of hope for the Confederacy.

Record details

ISBN: 0385044518
ISBN: 9780385044516
ISBN: 0844665509
ISBN: 9780844665504
Physical Description: print
438 pages : map ; 21 cm
Edition: 1st Anchor books ed.
Publisher: New York : Anchor Books, 1990.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Reprint. Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1962. (The Army of the Potomac ; v. 3).
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 382-429) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1: Glory is out of date -- A boy named Martin -- Turkey at a shooting match -- From a mountain top -- 2: Roads leading south -- Where the dogwood blossomed -- Shadow in the night -- All their yesterdays -- Surpassing all former experiences -- 3: One more river to cross -- The cripples who could not run -- Judgment trump of the almighty -- Secondhand clothes -- Lie down, you damn fools -- 4: White iron on the anvil -- Changing the guard -- I know star-rise -- Like the noise of great thunders -- 5: Away, you rolling river -- Special train for Monocacy Junction -- To peel this land -- On the upgrade -- No more doubt -- 6: Endless road ahead -- Except by the sword -- Great light in the sky -- The soldiers saw daylight -- The enormous silence.
Awards Note:	Pulitzer Prize, History, 1954.