Bruce Catton (October 9, 1899 — August 28, 1978) was a journalist and a notable historian of the American Civil War. He won a Pulitzer Prize for history in 1954 for A Stillness at Appomattox ...

A Stillness at Appomattox won a Pulitzer Prize for history ... with presidents and publishing kings and everyone knows Bruce Catton. Book tours and the whole bit,” said Jerry.

Bruce Catton, born in Petoskey ... gained him the astonishing award of a Pulitzer Prize in history for A Stillness at Appomattox. In just a few years, Catton would be chosen to write the seminal ...

Civil War Historian Bruce Catton in an undated photo ... The first of his 15 Civil War histories was published in 1951. His "A Stillness at Appomattox" won both the Pulitzer Prize for history and the ...