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Shelby Foote (1916–2005)

Author of The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville

Includes the names: Shelby Foot, Shelby Fote, shelbe foote, Shelvy Foote, Shelby Foote, Shelby Fotte, Shelby Foote, ed, Walker Shelby; Percy Foote, Shelby Foote; Editor-Time-Life Books

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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 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) — biography from The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville… (more)
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The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville 2,215 copies, 22 reviews
The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 3: Red River to Appomattox 1,783 copies, 14 reviews
The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 2: Fredericksburg to Meridian 1,748 copies, 16 reviews
The Civil War: A Narrative 1,473 copies, 13 reviews
Shiloh (Author) 751 copies, 18 reviews
Stars in Their Courses : The Gettysburg Campaign, June-July 1863 509 copies, 4 reviews
The Correspondence of Shelby Foote & Walker Percy 182 copies, 4 reviews
The Beleaguered City: The Vicksburg Campaign, December 1862-July 1863… (Author; Narrator, some editions) 179 copies, 1 review
Gone: A Photographic Plea For Preservation (Author) 143 copies, 76 reviews
The Civil War, a narrative : Fort Donelson to Memphis 131 copies
Chickamauga and Other Civil War Stories 127 copies
Love in a Dry Season 127 copies, 7 reviews
Follow Me Down: A Novel 94 copies, 4 reviews
The Civil War, a narrative : Yorktown to Cedar Mountain 88 copies
The Civil War Trilogy 86 copies, 1 review
The Civil War, a narrative : Second Manassas to Pocataligo 86 copies
Jordan County 78 copies, 1 review
September, September 77 copies, 1 review
The Civil War, a narrative : Fredericksburg to Steele Bayou 72 copies
The Civil War, a narrative : Gettysburg to Draft Riots 68 copies
The Civil War, a narrative : Charleston Harbor to Vicksburg 67 copies
Conversations With Shelby Foote (Literary Conversations Series) 65 copies
The Civil War, a narrative : Tullahoma to Missionary Ridge 64 copies
The Civil War, a narrative : Mine Run to Meridian 63 copies
The Civil War, a narrative : Yellow Tavern to Cold Harbor 62 copies
The Civil War, a narrative : James Crossing to Johnsville 60 copies
The Civil War, a narrative : Fort Stedman to Reconstruction 58 copies
The Civil War, a narrative : Red River to Spotsylvania 51 copies
The Civil War, a narrative : Petersburg Siege to Bentonville 50 copies
The Civil War: A Narrative Second Manassas to Perryville The Sun Shines… 47 copies
The Civil War: A Narrative: Five Forks to Appomattox: Victory and Defeat… 47 copies
The Civil War, a narrative : Petersburg to Savannah 46 copies
The Civil War, a narrative : Red River to Chattahoochee 44 copies
The Civil War, Vol 1: Fort Sumter to Kernstown: First Blood - The Thing… 43 copies
The Civil War, A Narrative, Tullahoma to Meridian, Riot and Resurgence 43 copies
The Civil War, a narrative : Gettysburg to Vicksburg 41 copies
The Civil War: A Narrative Pea Ridge to the Seven Days War Means Fighting,… 41 copies
The Civil War, a narrative : Fredericksburg to Chancellorsville 41 copies
The Civil War: A Narrative 31 copies
The Civil War (complete 14 volumes) 24 copies
Building Basic Skills in Reading: Book One 20 copies
The night before Chancellorsville, and other Civil War stories 13 copies
Tournament 11 copies, 1 review
The Civil War 8 copies
Tourbillon 5 copies
Gettysburg: Day Three 3 copies
L'enfant de la fievre 3 copies
Bart le magnifique 2 copies
The Civl War: a Narrative (Complete in 9 Volumes) 2 copies
Shelby Foote the Civil War a Narrative Set Volumes 13-14 Time Life Books… 1 copy
The Merchant of Bristol 1 copy
Three novels: Follow me down; Jordan County; Love in a dry season 1 copy
The Civil War: A Narrative Vol 2 1 copy
The Civil War : a narrative 1 copy
Chickamauga 1 copy
The novelist's view of history 1 copy
Rebel Forrest: DocuDrama of General Nathan Bedford Forest 1 copy
Echoes of Shiloh 1 copy
The Letters in Perspective 1 copy
War is Creulty You Cannot Refine It ( The Civil War #8) 1 copy
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