Waiting For The Morning Train
An American Boyhood
Published on 17. April 2013
288 pages
978-0-307-83305-1 (ISBN)
Description
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 lakes.
Although he writes of a time and place that are no more, his observations have implications that both underline the past and touch the future.
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 lakes.
Although he writes of a time and place that are no more, his observations have implications that both underline the past and touch the future.
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Bruce Catton was born in Petoskey, Michigan, in 1899. A United States journalist and writer, Catton was one of America's most popular Civil War historians. He worked as a newspaperman in Boston, Cleveland, and Washington, and also held a position at the US Department of Commerce in 1948. Catton's bestselling book, A Stillness at Appomattox, earned him a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award in 1954. Before his death in 1978, Catton wrote a total of 10 books detailing the Civil War.
Content
- Intro
- Other Books by This Author
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Chapter One: View from the Frontier
- Chapter Two: Our Town
- Chapter Three: In the Morning at the Junction
- Chapter Four: Whatever Is, Is Temporary
- Chapter Five: The Ax, the Log and the River
- Chapter Six: Death of a Wilderness
- Chapter Seven: Cows on the Campus
- Chapter Eight: Interlude with Music
- Chapter Nine: Under the Lilacs
- Chapter Ten: At Halfway House
- Chapter Eleven: Requiem for the Homemade
- Chapter Twelve: Night Train
- Acknowledgments & Book List
