Charles
Bruce
Catton
Born:
10/09/1899
Petoskey
,
MI
Died: 08/28/1978
Parents: George R. and Adella M. Catton
Spouse: Hazel H. Cherry Catton
Children: William Bruce
Address(es):
Interred: Benzonia Township Cemetery
Benzonia , MI
Died: 08/28/1978
Parents: George R. and Adella M. Catton
Spouse: Hazel H. Cherry Catton
Children: William Bruce
Address(es):
Interred: Benzonia Township Cemetery
Benzonia , MI
Writings
| Image | Title | Genre | Audience | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Reflections on the Civil War - Edited by John Leekley |
History | Adult | Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday | 1981 | |
|
Bruce Catton's America: Selections from His Greatest Works - Edited by Oliver Jensen |
History | Adult | New York: American Heritage | 1980 | |
| The Bold and Magnificent Dream: America's Founding Years, 1492-1815 | History | Adult | Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday | 1978 | |
|
Michigan: A Bicentennial History - With W.B. Catton |
History , Michigan | Adult | New York: W.W. Norton and American Association of Local History | 1976 | |
| Gettysburg: The Final Fury | History | Adult | Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday | 1974 | |
|
Waiting for the Morning Train: An American Boyhood - Originally published by Wayne State University Press, 1987. |
History | Adult | Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday | 1972 | |
| Grant Takes Command | History | Adult | Boston: Little, Brown | 1969 | |
| Never Call Retreat | History | Adult | Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday | 1965 | |
| American Heritage Short History of the Civil War | History | Adult | New York: Dell Publishing | 1963 | |
|
Terrible Swift Sword - With William Catton |
History | Adult | Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday | 1963 | |
|
Two Roads to Sumter - With William Catton |
History | Adult | New York: McGraw Hill | 1963 | |
|
The Army of the Potomac - Consolidation of three books |
History | Adult | Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday | 1962 | |
|
The Coming Fury - Centennial History of the Civil War. |
History | Adult | Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday | 1961 | |
| Grant Moves South | History | Adult | Boston: Little, Brown and Co. | 1960 | |
|
American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War - Editor |
History | Adult , Teen | New York: American Heritage Publishing | 1960 | |
| America Goes to War | History | Adult | Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press | 1958 | |
|
The Battle of Gettysburg by Franklin Haskell - Editor |
Houghton | 1958 | |||
|
This hallowed ground; the story of the Union side of the Civil War - Republished 1962. |
History | Adult | Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday | 1956 | |
|
American Heritage Reader - Editor |
History | Adult | New York: Dell Publishing Co. | 1956 | |
| Banners at Shenandoah : a story of Sheridan's fighting cavalry | Historical Fiction , Michigan | Teen | Garden City, NY: Doubleday | 1955 | |
| U.S. Grant and the American Military Tradition | History | Adult | Boston: Little, Brown and Company | 1954 | |
|
A Stillness at Appomattox - Army of the Potomac Trilogy. 1954 Pulitzer Prize Winner |
History | Adult | Garden City, NY: Doubleday | 1953 | |
|
Glory Road - Army of the Potomac Trilogy. |
History | Adult | Garden City, NY: Doubleday | 1952 | |
|
Mr. Lincoln's Army - Army of the Potomac Trilogy. (Gathered material from diaries, letters, and soldiers' reports) |
History | Adult | Garden City, NY: Doubleday | 1951 | |
| War Lords of Washington | History | Adult | New York : Harcourt, Brace | 1948 |
What is the aim or goal of your writing:
When awarded the National Book Award for "Stillness at Appomattox", the author said: "What both the reporter and the historian are really looking at is people on the march....What we see, if we look closely, is that the sum of many small victories won by individual human beings...is a victory for all of us....Out of sight, somewhere, something great is moving." Catton credited his Michigan background with: "When I was growing up in Northern Michigan, all the old men in town were Civil War veterans. We boys used to sit around and listen to their yarns, and see them parading in the Fourth of July celebrations."
May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No
Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No
Skills:
Author
Awards:
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Presidential Medal of Freedom, presented by Gerald R. Ford | 1976 |
| "Bruce Catton Days" celebrated in Benzie County, MI | 1972 |
| "Bruce Catton Days" celebrated in Petoskey, MI, July 30-31 | 1965 |
| Special Pulitzer citation for The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War | 1961 |
| Christopher Book Award | 1961 |
| Meritorious Service Award in the Field of Civil War History, presented by Harry S. Truman | 1959 |
| Fletcher Pratt Award from The Civil War Round Table of New York | 1957 |
|
Honorary Degrees - Recipient of more than twenty-six honorary degrees from universities and colleges throughout United States, including Litt.D., University of Maryland, 1955, Wesleyan University, 1955, Dickinson College, 1955, Oberlin College, 1956, Lincoln College, 1956, Harvard University, 1957, Syracuse University, 1957, Illinois College, 1958, and Western Michigan College, 1958; D.L.C., Union College, 1956; LL.D., Knox College, 1958. |
1955 -1978 |
| Pulitzer Prize for History | 1954 |
| National Book Award for A Stillness at Appomattox[ | 1954 |
|
Ohioana Book Award from Martha Kinney Cooper Ohioana Library Association - 1952, for Mr. Lincoln's Army, and 1962, for The Coming Fury |
1952 -1962 |
| Plaque with his likeness by Petokey sculptor, Stanley Kellogg, is set in a stone on the front lawn of Petoskey Public Library |
Inclusion in biographical or critical works:
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Ink Trails: Michigan's Famous and Forgotten Authors by Dave and Jack Dempsey | 2012 |
|
Major 20th-Century Writers, edition(s) 2
- Also: Major 21st-Century Writers (eBook), edition(s) 2005 |
1999 -2005 |
| Dictionary of Literary Biography, volume(s) 17 | 1998 |
| Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 35 | 1985 |
| Authors in the News, v 1 | 1976 |
|
Something about the Author
- Something about the Author, volume(s) 2 Something about the Author - Obituary, volume(s) 24 |
1972 -1981 |
|
Contemporary Authors
- Contemporary Authors, volume(s) 5-8R, 1969 Contemporary Authors - Obituary, volume(s) 81-84, 1979 Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, volume(s) 7, 74 (1999) |
1969 -1999 |
|
Michigan Poets with Supplement to Michigan Authors 1960, Michigan Authors, 2nd ed., 3rd. ed.
- Listed in the following editions: 1964, 1980, 1993 |
1960 -1993 |
| Allibone: A Critical Dictionary of English Literature | |
| American Authors and Books | |
| Current Biography | |
| International Authors and Writers Who's Who | |
| Oxford Companion to American Literature | |
| Reader's Encyclopedia | |
| Who's Who in America | |
| Who's Who in the World | |
| Writers Directory |
Memberships:
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Lifetime honorary membership, Little Traverse Historical Society and helped curator of its new museum arrange his exhibit |
Education:
| Degree | Institution | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| - left without completing a degree because of World War I. | Oberlin College | Oberlin , OH | 1917 -1920 |
| Benzonia Academy | Benzonia , MI | 1916 |
Career:
| Position | Organization | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Founder, Editor, Senior editor | American Heritage | New York | 1954 -1978 |
| Special assistant | Secretary of Commerce | Washington, D.C. | 1948 |
| Director of Information | Department of Commerce | Washington D.C. | 1945 -1946 |
| Director of Information | War Production Board | Washington, D.C. | 1943 |
| Associate Director of Information | War Production Board | Washington, D.C. | 1942 |
| Special writer and Washington correspondent | Newspaper Enterprise Association | Washington D.C. | 1926 -1941 |
| Reporter | Boston American and Cleveland News and Cleveland Plain Dealer newspapers | 1920 -1926 | |
| Charter member of the Faculty | Famous Writers Course | Westport | |
| Enlisted man World War I | U. S. Navy |
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