This first volume of Shelby Foote"s classic narrative of the Civil War opens with
Jefferson Davis"s farewell to the United States Senate and ends on the bloody
battlefields of Antietam and Perryville as the full horrible scope of America"s
great war becomes clear. Exhaustively researched and masterfully written Foote"s
epic account of the Civil War unfolds like a novel. "A stunning book full of color
life character and a new atmosphere of the Civil War and at the same time a narrative
of unflagging power. Eloquent proof that an historian should be a writer above all
else." -Burke Davis "Anyone who wants to relive the Civil War ... will go through
this volume with pleasure. ... Years from now Foote"s monumental narrative most
likely will continue to be read and remembered as a classic of its kind." -New York
Herald Tribune Book Review "To read this great narrative is to love the nation. ...
Whitman who ultimately knew and loved the bravery and frailty of the soldiers observed
that the real Civil War would never be written and perhaps should not be. For me Shelby
Foote has written it. ... This work was done to last forever."
Shelby Foote was born on November 7, 1916 in Greenville, Mississippi, and attended
school there until he entered the University of North Carolina. During World War II
he served as a captain of field artillery but never saw combat. After World War II
he worked briefly for the Associated Press in their New York bureau. In 1953 he moved
to Memphis, where he lived for the remainder of his life.Foote was the author of six
novels: Tournament, Follow Me Down, Love in a Dry Season, Shiloh, Jordan County, and
September, September. He is best remembered for his 3-volume history The Civil War:
A Narrative, which took twenty years to complete and resulted in his being a featured
expert in Ken Burns' acclaimed Civil War documentary. Over the course of his writing
career, Foote was also awarded three Guggenheim fellowships.Shelby Foote died in 2005
at the age of 88. This is in epub format.
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