Waiting for the Morning Train: An American Boyhood (Great Lakes Books Series)

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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 make the most of the lumber boom. In this memoir, Catton remembers his youth, his circle of relatives, 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 at 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.

One in all The us’s great Civil War historians recounts his days growing up in Benzonia, a small town in Michigan’s lower peninsula. All over the first years of the 20th century (Catton used to be born in 1899), Catton listened to the tales of old Civil War veterans and gained an interest in the War Between the States that would never leave him. But this book, unlike Catton’s other works, is not primarily about the Civil War. It is about growing up in a particular time and a place. Written with grace, warmth, and wit, it describes an era of trains and timber. People who know and love the forests of northern Michigan will appreciate this book immensely, as will anybody who has enjoyed Catton’s other books and wants to be told a little bit more about the historian who is One in all The us’s great storytellers.

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