books by Shelby Foote     books:       The Civil War: A Narrative--Fort Sumter to Perryville, Vol. 122 reviews Shelby Foote Vintage, 1986 North and South go at it. Shelby Foote knows his stuff. Over 800 pages of exciting Civil War action, from the secession crisis of early 1861 to the inauguration of Mississippian Senator Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederate States. From Yankee disaster at First Manassas to Robert E. Lee's embarrassing debut in western Virginia. From riverboat actions on the Mississippi and its tributaries, to George McClellan's ...             The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 2: Fredericksburg to Meridian3 reviews Shelby Foote Vintage, 1986 An Iliad of American agony I read all three volumes of the great Shelby Foote's Civil War narrative in the 80s. This volume is yet another of his logically well-integrated, dramatic trio on that war and speaks a soft/loud pianoforte of war from the Southern perspective. It contains many a large gulp of its often hesitantly bitter, prolonged agony from the bloody cup of setbacks and disappointments on both sides of the ...             Chickamauga and Other Civil War Stories1 review Delta, 1993 Ennui I finished CHICKAMAUGA several days ago. Since then, I've been unable to whip-up enough mental energy to give it either an emphatic thumbs-up or thumbs-down. I guess you could say it's so-so. And writing the review approaches being a chore. Except for the first and last chapters, which I'll get to in a moment, these stories of the Civil War come from the point of view of the common man and ...             Shiloh: A Novel29 reviews Shelby Foote Vintage, 1991 Excellent historical novel Shelby Foote's closely fact-based novel Shiloh offers what I have long searched for--unromanticized historical fiction. Beginning the day of the battle and ending the day after, Shiloh brings the reader into the thick of the action. Shiloh is divided into eight chapters. Each chapter is narrated by a different character--and one chapter by the individual members of a twelve-man ...             Stars in Their Courses : The Gettysburg Campaign, June-July 186338 reviews Shelby Foote Modern Library, 1994 It's to bad Shelby is gone It is to bad that Shelby Foote has passed from the scene. His books are riviting and historically accurate. A must read for any student of the civil war and for anyone who wants to know more about the greatest American Battle, Gettysburg.             The Annals & The Histories (Modern Library Classics)2 reviews Tacitus Modern Library, 2003 Definitive Primary Source On the History Of Imperial Roman I read this book for a graduate course in Roman history. It is an indispensable primary source for students of Roman history. On the first page of his Annals of Imperial Rome, Tacitus wrote that Octavian "seduced the army with bonuses, and his cheap food policy was successful bait for civilians." Tacitus' description of Augustus' transformation of Rome from a republic into an empire is most ...             The Civil War: A Narrative (3 Vol. Set)137 reviews Shelby Foote Vintage, 1986 The Civil War: A Narrative (3 Vol) I am about half way through and find these volumes excellent. They not only address the battles fought, but also address the political climate how people from the North and the South felt about the war, their leaders etc. It is interesting to be made aware of the annimosity that existed toward the "press." It is also interesting to hear how the press on either side was willing to print ...             The Civil War: A Narrative (3 Volume Set)37 reviews Shelby Foote Random House, 2006 Excellent series Here is writing which makes history come alive. I have read other civil war books, but I would say this is bar far the best, most comprehsive books I have read. I beleive it is equal in representation of both the north and the south but there is a slight bias towards the south in some respects. The author puts more a human face to Davis whereas Linclon is not always afforded this. But ...             The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 3 Red River to Appomattox5 reviews Shelby Foote Vintage, 1986 News from the Front Shelby Foote takes the Civil War and dissects its every twist and turn in a writing style that feels as if your hearing news from the front in an ongoing war. That is a good thing since these three volumes are very hefty. This book is not for the mildly curious, you will get bored and overwhelmed by the dates, names and places. But to military history, history, or civil war buffs, it is as ...             The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 1 (Civil War: A Narrative) Foote, Shelby Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc., 2008 Here begins one of the most remarkable works of history ever fashioned. All the great battles are here, of course, from Bull Run through Shiloh, the Seven Days, Second Manassas to Antietam and Perryville in the fall of 1862, but so are the smaller and often equally-important engagements on both land and sea: Ball's Bluff, Fort Donelson, Pea Ridge, Island Ten, New Orleans, Monitor versus Merimac, and Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign-to mention ...             The Beleaguered City: The Vicksburg Campaign, December 1862-July 1863 (Modern Library)10 reviews Shelby Foote Modern Library, 1995 Vicksburg and the Rise of U.S. Grant "The Beleaguered City" is an extended excerpt on the Vicksburg Campaign from Shelby Foote's absolutely superb three volume narrative history of the Civil War. The Vicksburg Campaign is a gripping story in its own right, the central dramatic thread of which is Union General U.S. Grant's struggle to capture the great Confederate citadel on the Mississippi. Grant, stubborn and taciturn, will ...             The Red Badge of Courage & "The Veteran" (Modern Library Classics)313 reviews Stephen Crane Modern Library, 2000 The Horrors of War engage the Innocence of Life What can one truly say about an American Classic. It would be presumptuous on my part, at the very least, to analyze Mr. Crane's masterpiece after so many literary giants have already poked and prodded this novel of youth and war to ad nauseam. As a young boy in the early 1950s, I first read this novel and enjoyed the superficial battle narratives. Later as a college student in the 1960s, I ...             Follow Me Down: A Novel4 reviews Shelby Foote Vintage, 1993 Follow Me Down is a must read. Follow Me Down tells the story of a fifty-year old man and his wife, a love-lost young woman, a deaf and dumb young man and his mother, and a defense attorney with a chip on his shoulder. Told through the eyes of eight characters, the story revolves around a violent act, recounting the story behind it. The novel is filled with well developed characters overflowing with uncontrollable ...             Love in a Dry Season3 reviews Shelby Foote Vintage, 1992 About as Dry as it Gets This is a fascinating examination of the courtship of a well heeled spinster in a small Mississippi town. Young Shelby Foote turned down his flame a little for this one, having just been stung when told by his moonshine hunting pal and idol, William Faulkner, that he should "try to do better" next time after finishing Follow Me Down. Following the lurid and colorful courtroom drama of that ...             The Civil War, A Narrative, Tullahoma to Meridian, Riot and Resurgence Shelby Foote Random House, 1963 A sweeping narrative of the most fascinating conflict in American History. Never before have the great battles and exciting personalities, of the great war, been so dramatically - and so vividly - presented. The story is told entirely from the view point of the people involved in it. The reader not only learns what was happening in the North and the South, on a political, military, diplomatic, and home fronts - the reader lives through the ...             The Civil War a Narrative 3 Vols in Slipcase Shelby Foote Random House, 1974 Vol 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville; Vol 2: Fredericksburg to Meridian; Vol 3: Red River to Appomattox. Later printings of this classic work. In illustrated slipcase.             The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 2 (Civil War: A Narrative) Foote, Shelby Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc., 2008 This volume is dominated by the almost continual confrontation of great armies. For the fourth time, the Army of the Potomac (now under the control of Burnside) attempts to take Richmond, resulting in the blood-bath at Fredericksburg. Then Joe Hooker tries again, only to be repulsed at Chancellorsville as Stonewall Jackson turns his flank-a bitter victory for the South, paid for by the death of Lee's foremost lieutenant.             The Beleaguered City: The Vicksburg Campaign4 reviews Shelby Foote Random House (Modern Library), 1995 Chu! I'm emptying my bank account and then some, to buy this audiotape. Seek not the lower star reviewers opinions! This is well worth the $2,000 plus price tag. I will personally debate anyone who says otherwise, and I will dogdance the floor with him/her! The meliflous, Deputy Dog southern accent comes across on this tape much better and more crisply than other Shelby recordings! 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