A Stillness at Appomattox (The Army of the Potomac #3) por Bruce Catton - 1953

A Stillness at Appomattox (The Army of the Potomac #3)

by Bruce Catton

Hardcover Cloth 438 pages. A Stillness at Appomattox presumed First Edition 1953. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Attractive black boards with red 1/8 spine, black boxing and silver embossing on this Clean, tight, square book with no marks, highlights. Previous owners bookplate on front endsheet. Book Well kept and carefully stored with slight shelf wear. The usual yellowing with minor signs of wear and/or age. Unclipped dust jacket smooth and clean with the usual shelf wear - tears, chips and stains. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.

America's premier chronicler of the nation's brutal internecine conflict, Bruce Catton is renowned for his unparalleled ability to bring a detailed and vivid immediacy to Civil War battlefields and military strategy sessions. With tremendous depth and insight, he presents legendary commanders and common soldiers in all their complex and heartbreaking humanity.

In 'A Stillness at Appomattox' the final volume of the Army of the Potomac Trilogy, Catton, takes the reader through the battles of the Wilderness, the Bloody Angle, Cold Harbor, the Crater, and on through the horrible months to one moment at Appomattox. Grant, Meade, Sheridan, and Lee vividly come to life in all their failings and triumphs.