Shelby Foote - Wikipedia
WebShelby Dade Foote Jr. (November 17, 1916 – June 27, 2005) was an American writer, historian and journalist. Although he primarily viewed himself as a novelist, he is now best known for his authorship of The Civil War: A Narrative , a three-volume history of the American Civil War .
Shelby Foote, Historian and Novelist, Dies at 88
WebJune 29, 2005. Correction Appended. Shelby Foote, the historian whose incisive, seasoned commentary -- delivered in a drawl so mellifluous that one critic called it "molasses over hominy" --...
Shelby Foote | Civil War, Confederate Army, Novelist | Britannica
WebApr 18, 2024 · Shelby Foote (born November 17, 1916, Greenville, Mississippi, U.S.—died June 27, 2005, Memphis, Tennessee) was an American historian, novelist, and short-story writer known for his works treating the United States Civil War and the American South.
Books by Shelby Foote (Author of The Civil War, Vol. 1) - Goodreads
WebShelby Foote has 129 books on Goodreads with 102715 ratings. Shelby Foote’s most popular book is The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville.
Shelby Foote, 1916-2005: Writer poured 20 years into “Civil War ...
WebJun 29, 2005 · MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Novelist and historian Shelby Foote, whose Southern storyteller’s touch inspired millions to read his multivolume work on the Civil War, has died. He was 88. Mr. Foote died...
Remembering Civil War Historian Shelby Foote | PBS NewsHour
WebJun 29, 2005 12:00 AM EDT. A look at the life of novelist and Civil War historian Shelby Foote, who died Monday in Memphis at the age of 88.
Civil War Historian Shelby Foote Dies at 88 : NPR
WebJun 28, 2005 · Novelist and historian Shelby Foote died Monday night. He was 88. The native Mississippian gained a sort of celebrity when he lent his gravelly voice to Ken Burns' PBS documentary series The...
Shelby Foote, 88; Novelist, Historian, Commentator on Ken …
WebJune 29, 2005 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Southern novelist and historian Shelby Foote, who chronicled Mississippi Delta life in his fiction and created a panoramic history of the Civil War,...
Obituary: Shelby Foote, 88; author of Civil War tome
WebJune 29, 2005. MEMPHIS, Tennessee: Shelby Foote, the novelist and historian whose Southern storyteller's touch inspired millions to read his multivolume work on the Civil War, has died. He was...
Revisiting a Conversation with Historian Shelby Foote : NPR
WebJun 29, 2005 · Civil War historian and novelist Shelby Foote died Monday night at age 88. He is best known for his three-volume, 3,000-page history entitled The Civil War: A Narrative, and for narrating Ken...
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