Shelby Foote (1916–2005)
Auteur de The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
A propos de l'auteur
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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Séries
Œuvres de Shelby Foote
The Beleaguered City: The Vicksburg Campaign, December 1862-July 1863 (Modern Library) (1963) — Auteur; Narrateur, quelques éditions — 186 exemplaires
The Civil War: A Narrative: Five Forks to Appomattox: Victory and Defeat (# 9 in series) (1974) 48 exemplaires
The Civil War: A Narrative Second Manassas to Perryville The Sun Shines South (Volume 3) (1974) 47 exemplaires
The Civil War, Vol 1: Fort Sumter to Kernstown: First Blood - The Thing Gets Underway (1958) 44 exemplaires
The Civil War: A Narrative Pea Ridge to the Seven Days War Means Fighting, Fighting Means Killing (Volume 2) (1958) 42 exemplaires
The Civil War 10 exemplaires
L'enfant de la fievre 3 exemplaires
The Civl War: a Narrative (Complete in 9 Volumes) 2 exemplaires
Echoes of Shiloh 1 exemplaire
The Letters in Perspective 1 exemplaire
The Merchant of Bristol 1 exemplaire
Chickamauga 1 exemplaire
The Civil War : a narrative 1 exemplaire
Shelby Foote the Civil War a Narrative Set Volumes 13-14 Time Life Books (time life books) 1 exemplaire
The novelist's view of history 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Booknotes: America's Finest Authors on Reading, Writing, and the Power of Ideas (1997) — Contributeur — 429 exemplaires
The Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Legacy from 1860 to Now (2008) — Contributeur — 153 exemplaires
Longer Stories from the Last Decade (Modern Library) (1993) — Directeur de publication — 88 exemplaires
Walker Percy Remembered: A Portrait in the Words of Those Who Knew Him (2006) — Contributeur — 19 exemplaires
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1992 (1992) — Author "Stand up for Bastards!" — 17 exemplaires
New Short Novels By Jean Stafford, Shelby Foote, Elizabeth Etnier, Clyde Miller (1954) — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Foote, Shelby
- Autres noms
- Foote, Shelby Dade, Jr. (birth name)
- Date de naissance
- 1916-11-17
- Date de décès
- 2005-06-27
- Lieu de sépulture
- Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Greenville, Mississippi, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- Cause du décès
- heart attack from pulmonary embolism
- Lieux de résidence
- Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
Pensacola, Florida, USA
Mobile, Alabama, USA - Études
- University of North Carolina
- Professions
- novelist
historian - Relations
- Foote, Horton (cousin)
Percy, Walker (friend)
Percy, William Alexander (friend)
Spencer, Elizabeth (colleague) - Organisations
- Fellowship of Southern Writers (founding member)
Mississippi National Guard
United States Marine Corps
Alpha Tau Omega
United States Army - Prix et distinctions
- Charles Frankel Prize (1992)
Cleanth Brooks Medal for Lifetime Achievement (1999)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (1994)
John Dos Passos Prize (1988)
Richard M. Weaver Award (1997)
Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award (2003)
Membres
Discussions
Shelfby Foote v. Bruce Catton v. James McPherson à American Civil War (Juillet 2017)
Critiques
Listes
THE WAR ROOM (1)
Favourite Books (3)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 59
- Aussi par
- 18
- Membres
- 11,491
- Popularité
- #2,043
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 194
- ISBN
- 194
- Langues
- 5
- Favoris
- 59