Waiting for the Morning Train

<p>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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.</p>