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Author and historian Shelby Foote was born in Greenville, Mississippi on November 17, 1916. He was educated at the University of North Carolina and served with the U.S. Army artillery during World War II. He was dismissed in 1944 for using a government vehicle against regulations. He later enlisted afficher plus in the U.S. Marine Corps, but did not see active duty. After being discharged from the military, he briefly became a journalist. He has written short stories, plays, and longer works, but is best known for his three-volume narrative history of the Civil War. He was awarded Guggenheim fellowships in 1958, 1959, and 1960, a Ford Foundation grant in 1963, and the Dos Passos Prize for Literature in 1988. In 2003, Foote received the Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award. The Helmerich Award is presented annually by the Tulsa Library Trust. He appeared in Ken Burns' PBS documentary The Civil War. He died at home in Memphis, Tennessee, on June 27, 2005 due to a heart attack. He was interred in Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Œuvres de Shelby Foote

The Civil War: A Narrative (1958) 1,515 exemplaires
Shiloh (1952) — Auteur — 783 exemplaires
The Beleaguered City: The Vicksburg Campaign, December 1862-July 1863 (Modern Library) (1963) — Auteur; Narrateur, quelques éditions186 exemplaires
Gone: A Photographic Plea For Preservation (2011) — Auteur — 143 exemplaires
L'amour en saison sèche (1978) 129 exemplaires
Follow Me Down: A Novel (1950) 96 exemplaires
The Civil War Trilogy (2011) 89 exemplaires
L'Enfant de la fièvre (1954) 82 exemplaires
Septembre en noir et blanc (1978) 79 exemplaires
The Civil War: A Narrative (1958) 34 exemplaires
Tournament (1949) 11 exemplaires
The Civil War 10 exemplaires
Tourbillon (1978) 5 exemplaires
L'enfant de la fievre 3 exemplaires
Gettysburg: Day Three (1998) 3 exemplaires
Bart le magnifique (2022) 2 exemplaires
Echoes of Shiloh 1 exemplaire
Chickamauga 1 exemplaire

Oeuvres associées

La conquête du courage (1894) — Introduction, quelques éditions11,101 exemplaires
The Civil War: An Illustrated History (1990) — Contributeur — 2,003 exemplaires
The Civil War [1990 TV series] (1990) — Contributeur — 263 exemplaires
The Blue and the Gray (1992) — Avant-propos — 225 exemplaires
Early Short Stories, 1883-1888 (Modern Library) (1999) — Directeur de publication — 110 exemplaires
Later Short Stories, 1888-1903 (Modern Library) (1999) — Directeur de publication — 107 exemplaires
Longer Stories from the Last Decade (Modern Library) (1993) — Directeur de publication — 88 exemplaires
A Treasury of Civil War Stories (1985) — Contributeur — 76 exemplaires
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1992 (1992) — Author "Stand up for Bastards!" — 17 exemplaires
Mississippi Writers: An Anthology (1991) — Contributeur — 14 exemplaires
A Portrait of Southern Writers: Photographs (2000) — Contributeur — 13 exemplaires
New World Writing: Fourth Mentor Selection (1953) — Contributeur — 12 exemplaires
New World Writing: First Mentor Selection (1952) — Contributeur — 11 exemplaires
The Writer's Voice: Conversations With Contemporary Writers (1924) — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires

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Shelfby Foote v. Bruce Catton v. James McPherson à American Civil War (Juillet 2017)

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A masterpiece of linguistic eloquence and historical meaning by an American Herodotus.
 
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nitrolpost | 24 autres critiques | Mar 19, 2024 |
audio book (unabridged). Excellent recounting of the Gettysburg Campaign.
 
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derailer | 4 autres critiques | Jan 25, 2024 |
Audio book (unabridged). Very good
 
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derailer | 18 autres critiques | Jan 25, 2024 |
Much of what I have to say was in my review for Vol. 2 finished earlier this year. Here is the review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2876793232?book_show_action=false&from...

Wow. Two of the volumes in one year. Can I finish my challenge of 60 books this year? I have no idea. I don't regret reading this volume. The series by Foote goes into my favorites list of books read for my life. I can't begin to tell you how wonderful a series it is. Was I overwhelmed by the length at times? Yes. I will definitely admit this was a major undertaking, but well worth it. Go t0 your local library, check out the book and read it. The library may have the audiobook on Overdrive (ours does). Each volume is around 50 hours long.

Enjoy reading about the five most important years in the history of the United States. This was the culmination of an issue that was at the foundation of the US, and it is still playing out in our modern lives 155 years later.
… (plus d'informations)
 
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wvlibrarydude | 14 autres critiques | Jan 17, 2024 |

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