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Oct 9, 1899 — Aug 28, 1978· 78 yrs

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Bruce Catton

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Charles Bruce Catton (9 October 1899 -28 August 1978 ) was an American historian and journalist, best known for his books on the American Civil War. Known as a narrative historian, Catton specialized in popular history, featuring colorful characters and historical vignettes, in addition to the basic facts, dates, and analyses. Although his books were well researched and supported by footnotes, they were not generally presented in a rigorous academic style. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1954 for A Stillness at Appomattox, his study of the final campaign of the war in Virginia. - Wikipedia

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MICHIGAN has never really had a present moment.

— from Michigan, 1964

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Michigan

1964

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Dunbar and May found that, “James V. Campbell, Outlines of the Political History of Michigan, and Thomas M. Cooley, Michigan: A History of Governments, are of special interest because the authors were Michigan’s most distinguished jurists of the nineteenth century.” Willis F. Dunbar and George S. May, Michigan: a History of the Wolverine State, Eerdmans 1995.

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Glory Road

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Science-Fantasy novel by Robert Heinlein, famous American writer known for 'hard' Sci-Fi. Glory Road represents his unique venture into Sci-Fan ahead of its time; first serialized in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction & then published as hardcover in 1963, & in 1964 it was nominated for Hugo Award for Best Novel. E.C. "Oscar/Scar" Gordon recovering from a combat tour in Southeast Asia reads an unusual ad in the newspaper Personals that seems to describe him (well mostly)--brave, tall, proficient weapons, engineering & math, speak French/English, travel, high pay, great adventure, & of course danger. He answers the ad, meets the beautiful girl who has many names but says he can call "Star" which later seemed appropriate for the empress of twenty universes. Space adventure, sword-play, sorcery, & more.

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The coming fury

1961

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Excellent Introduction to the civil war.ist of a trilogy by one of its best historians

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