Waiting for the Morning Train
An American Boyhood
Bruce Catton, whose name is identified with Civil War history, grew up in Benzonia, Michigan, probably the only town within two hundred miles, he says, not founded to cash in on the lumber boom. In this memoir, Catton remembers his youth, his family, his home town, and his coming of age.With nostalgia, warmth, and humor, Catton recalls it all with a wealth of detail: the logging industry and its tremendous effect on the face of the state, the veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic who first sparked his interest in the Civil War, the overnight train trips on long-gone sleepers, the days of great resort hotels, and fishing in once clear lak…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8143-1885-0
- EAN: 9780814318850
- Produktnummer: 9554955
- Verlag: Wayne State University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1987
- Seitenangabe: 260 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.6 cm 318 g
- Auflage: Great Lakes books ed
- Abbildungen: illustrations
- Gewicht: 318
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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Bruce Catton is known for such classics as A Stillness at Appomattox, This Hallowed Ground, and Mr. Lincoln's Army.
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