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Waiting for the Morning Train: An American Boyhood

Waiting for the Morning Train: An American Boyhood

Catton, Bruce
Catton, William B.

Paperback

Series: Great Lakes Books

Historical FiguresGeneral Military HistoryRegional: Midwest

ISBN10: 0814318851
ISBN13: 9780814318850
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: Aug 1 1987
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.64 Width: 5.52 Depth: 8.42
Language: English

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.

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