{"product_id":"terrible-swift-sword-by-bruce-catton","title":"Terrible Swift Sword By Bruce Catton","description":"\u003ch3 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"30\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"4\" data-end=\"28\"\u003eTerrible Swift Sword\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp data-start=\"31\" data-end=\"180\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"31\" data-end=\"50\"\u003eBy Bruce Catton\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"50\" data-end=\"53\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"53\" data-end=\"114\"\u003ePublished by Doubleday \u0026amp; Company, 1963 Edition, 559 Pages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp data-start=\"1257\" data-end=\"1577\"\u003ePublished in \u003cstrong data-start=\"1270\" data-end=\"1278\"\u003e1963\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1280\" data-end=\"1302\"\u003eTerrible Swift Sword\u003c\/em\u003e is the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1310\" data-end=\"1332\"\u003esecond installment\u003c\/strong\u003e of Bruce Catton’s \u003cstrong data-start=\"1351\" data-end=\"1390\"\u003eCentennial History of the Civil War\u003c\/strong\u003e, following \u003cem data-start=\"1402\" data-end=\"1419\"\u003eThe Coming Fury\u003c\/em\u003e and preceding \u003cem data-start=\"1434\" data-end=\"1454\"\u003eNever Call Retreat\u003c\/em\u003e. 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