Bruce Catton
1899 - 1978
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Biography
Bruce Catton was an American historian and journalist known for his works on the American Civil War. He was born in 1899 in Michigan and grew up with a deep fascination for the history of his country. Catton worked as a newspaper reporter and editor before focusing on writing historical narratives. His books, including 'A Stillness at Appomattox' and 'Mr. Lincoln's Army,' are highly regarded for their detailed and engaging accounts of the Civil War and its impact on American society.
Famous Quotes (5)
1
A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns to justice and to right for the conservation of its interests.
2
There can be no real individual freedom in the presence of economic insecurity.
3
War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner.
4
The civil war stood now as a record of a people forced to look into the abyss of time and measure themselves by the plummet line of their traditions and their hopes.
5
A hundred years which have taught us that we really had no more momentous decision that we could make than the one made before a bloodstained and uncertain field in a little Pennsylvania town.