Never Call Retreat (The Centennial History of the Civil War #3)
by Bruce Catton
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385026153
- ISBN 13
- 9780385026154
- Seller
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About This Item
Hardcover Cloth 555 pages. Condition Very Good NO Dust Jacket. Stated First edition 1965. Lovely grey and green boards and silver and embossing shows off this tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored with Slight shelf wear. Pages are lightly toned. Not an ex-library or remainder copy.
The final volume of Bruce Catton's monumental Centennial History of the Civil War traces the war from Fredericksburg through the succeeding grim and relentless campaigns to the Courthouse at Appomattox and the death of Lincoln.
This is an eloquent study of the bitterest years of the war when death slashed the country with a brutality unparalleled in the history of the United States. Through the kaleidoscope tone and temper of the struggle, two men, different in stature, but similar in dedication to their awesome tasks, grappled with the burden of being leaders both in politics and war. In the north Lincoln remained resolute in the belief that a house divided against itself could not stand. His determination and uncanny vision of the destiny of the country and its people far transcended the plaguing tensions, fears, and frustrations of his cabinet and Congress. Mr. Lincoln's use of vast resources is brilliantly contrasted to Davis's valiant struggle for political and economic stability in a hopelessly fragmented and underdeveloped south. Though Davis never lacked for spirit and dedication, his handicaps were severe. This was not a war to be won by static ideals and romanticism. As Mr. Lincoln managed to expand and intensify the ideals that sustained the Northern war effort, Mr. Davis was never able to enlarge the South's. This was a war to be won by flexibility in though, strength in supplies, and battles. And so they were fought––Fredericksburg, The Wilderness, Chancellorsville, Vicksburg, Gettysburg.
Synopsis
Never Call Retreat: Lee and Grant: The Final Victory is the conclusion of an alternate history trilogy by former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen, and Albert S. Hanser. It was published in 2005 by Thomas Dunne Books. The other two books are Grant Comes East and '. The novel is illustrated with actual photographs of the Civil War, taken somewhat out of context.
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- Bookseller
- River House Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 657274
- Title
- Never Call Retreat (The Centennial History of the Civil War #3)
- Author
- Bruce Catton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385026153
- ISBN 13
- 9780385026154
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Pages
- 555
- Size
- octavo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Militaria; First Editions;
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