| basileus66 | 10 Jan 2017 2:59 p.m. PST |
I am thinking about buying for myself as a late Christmas present, Bruce Catton's books on U.S Grant. I was wondering if some fellow TMPr has read them and could tell me if they are worth the price or if I should look somewhere else. |
| SJDonovan | 10 Jan 2017 3:22 p.m. PST |
Bruce Catton is one of the finest writers in the English language. If you haven't already got his Army of the Potomac trilogy I would go for those first. But seriously you can't go wrong. Everything he wrote is well worth having. |
| 377CSG | 10 Jan 2017 3:32 p.m. PST |
Yes read the trilogy first. Very good read. |
| Cleburne1863 | 10 Jan 2017 3:36 p.m. PST |
Absolutely. Grant Takes Command is great. |
Joes Shop  | 10 Jan 2017 3:42 p.m. PST |
Agreed. My favorite ACW author. |
| wrgmr1 | 10 Jan 2017 3:44 p.m. PST |
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| basileus66 | 10 Jan 2017 4:02 p.m. PST |
I have ordered both the trilogy and Grant takes Command… I only wanted Grant's but, well, you have sold me the whole deal! |
| sebastien | 11 Jan 2017 5:54 a.m. PST |
He is a great writer, thoroughly recommend! |
| Cleburne1863 | 15 Jan 2017 6:59 a.m. PST |
Promise to come back and let us know if we were right or not. :) |
| capncarp | 15 Jan 2017 8:20 a.m. PST |
Catton takes dry facts and turns them into a narrative, almost novel-like in nature, but doesn't romanticize the work. |
| donlowry | 02 Feb 2017 9:03 a.m. PST |
Lloyd Lewis, who wrote the first volume of the Grant trilogy, was also an excellent writer and historian (who unfortunately died before finishing a second volume; his widow passed his notes to Catton). |
