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Shelby Dade Foote Jr. (November 17, 1916 – June 27, 2005) was an American writer, historian and journalist. [1] 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.
The Civil War: A Narrative (1958–1974) is a three volume, 2,968-page, 1.2 million-word history of the American Civil War by Shelby Foote.Although previously known as a novelist, Foote is most famous for this non-fictional narrative history.
From 1861 to 1862, Foote commanded the Mississippi River Squadron with distinction, organizing and leading the gunboat flotilla in many of the early battles of the Western Theater of the American Civil War. Even though Foote was an officer in the United States Navy, the Western Flotilla was under the jurisdiction of the Union Army.
The Civil War book series chronicles in great detail the American Civil War.Published by Time-Life Books, the 28-volume series was sequentially released in the US and Canada between 1983 and 1987 as bi-monthly direct-to-consumer (DTC) installments to series subscribers. [1]
The Civil War is a 1990 American television documentary miniseries created by Ken Burns about the ... Though Foote was a journalist and novelist rather than a trained ...
A visit with the historian and novelist Shelby Foote, author of The Civil War: A Narrative (1958, 1963, 1974). He had become more widely known after appearing in Ken Burns's Civil War documentary; Visiting Shiloh National Military Park during the anniversary of the battle. Exploring the "truth" about Gone with the Wind
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; ... Grant used river transport and Andrew Hull Foote's gunboats of the Western Flotilla, threatening the ...
On the eve of the American Civil War of 1861–1865, Foote returned to Vicksburg. In 1859, he was a member of the Southern convention in Knoxville . He moved to Tennessee and settled in Nashville , where he was elected to the First and Second Confederate Congresses . [ 2 ]