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"This, then, is narrative history—a kind of history that goes back to an older literary tradition.... The writing is superb...one of the historical and literary achievements of our time." —The Washington Post Book World

"Gettysburg...is described with such meticulous attention to action, terrain, time, and the characters of the various commanders that I understand, at last, what happened in that battle.... Mr. Foote has an acute sense of the relative importance of events and a novelist's skill in directing the reader's attention to the men and the episodes that will influence the course of the whole war, without omitting items which are of momentary interest. His organization of facts could hardly be better." —Atlantic

"Though the events of this middle year of the Civil War have been recounted hundreds of times, they have rarely been re-created with such vigor and such picturesque detail." —The New York Times Book Review

"The lucidity of the battle narratives, the vigor of the prose, the strong feeling for the men from generals to privates who did the fighting, are all controlled by constant sense of how it happened and what it was all about. Foote has the novelist's feeling for character and situation, without losing the historian's scrupulous regard for recorded fact. The Civil War is likely to stand unequaled." —Walter Mills

Foote's comprehensive history of the Civil War includes three compelling volumes: Fort Sumter to Perryville, Fredericksburg to Meridian, and Red River to Appomattox.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780394746210
  • Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 11/28/1986
  • Pages: 988
  • Sales rank: 136,528
  • Series: Vintage Civil War Library
  • Product dimensions: 6.32 (w) x 9.16 (h) x 1.96 (d)

Meet the Author

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.

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  • Posted February 29, 2012

    Highly Recommended- should be a must for students to read

    The way Mr. Foote weaves the story from both sides keeps the interest high and I look forward to the rest of the series.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 7, 2012

    Good

    I didnt read it

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 18, 2011

    Civil war

    Such a sad time in life. War. There were so many deaths in this war. The battle of bull run (Manassas) to the burning of Rickmond. This book is perfect for you if you show sympathy to people during this tragic event in our history.

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  • Posted July 28, 2011

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    Amazing

    This well researched and beautiful accounts is one of my favorites and the author is fair and without bias.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 11, 2011

    Highly Recommended - great perspective

    While a factual history, Shelby Foote tells the story behind the facts. How and why the President, his generals and soldiers felt and coped with the battles.

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  • Posted April 29, 2010

    To Much Detail

    The primary flaw with this book is it has a very difficult time keeping one interested. The book is extremely well researched; however I think that it is a whole lot easier to endure say the cowardly decline of McClellan when one only has to sit through about twenty pages before he is fired rather than all of about five hundred. I really enjoyed the first chapter due to its primarily political and biographical themes, but when the number of Generals and military themes began piling up around a hundred pages in I did get slightly lost and looked forward to the parts where the book discussed primarily political/biographical issues. However, this book did have a few good insights into the primary causes of the war and into the personalities of the major characters in the war.

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  • Posted September 1, 2009

    Excellence in writing

    You will not find many historical books that flow like this one. It makes history come alive on the pages. One of the best books I have ever read. The attention to detail and the southern style of story telling really shines through.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 13, 2008

    The Best book on the Civil war.

    I got into this book after my history teacher told me that he was reading all three volumes of this series and being the history buff that I am, I started to read it and I was amazed how well witten Mr. Foote wrote this. I plan on reading the other two volumes as well.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 3, 2007

    Simply the best!

    This summer, I resolved that I was going to begin and finish the Shelby Foote Civil War Trilogy ... mainly because it was such a challenge. Having read many, many volumes on the Civil War by a multitude of authors both fiction and non-fiction, I was pretty sure there was not a lot I could learn by trudging through the some 3,000 pages. Was I ever wrong! Foote manages to give the entire affair, north and south, east and west ... on land on and on the sea a clarity that had previously proved rather elusive as I read bits and pieces of the war battle-by-battle, general-by-general. I had previously read the wonderful 'Battle Cry of Freedom' by James McPhereson and had also read Bruce Catton. While both of these authors were wonderful, neither gave me anywhere near the overall depth and detail that I got from spending my summer with Shelby Foote. So, in conclusion, no matter what else you have or will read on the Civil War, you must invest the time to read the Foote Trilogy ... you will be glad that you did. It is absolutely essential!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 9, 2005

    Just Incredible

    This is the last and largest volume in Shelby Foote¿s narrative history of the Civil War. These books are absolutely outstanding. The book opens with the Red River campaign in 1864 and the defeat of union forces there much to the irritation of General Grant. Grant is a Lieutenant General, commanding all forces of the United States to close out the badly shattered rebellion. Grant marches the Army of the Potomac across the Rapidian in Virgina for a direct assault on Richmond. Although badly outnumbered over 2 to 1, Robert E. Lee demonstrates his tactical genius with a string of defensive holding actions and tactics in a series of battles ending in the famous Cold Harbor slaughter. Grant suffers ungodly casualties, but he never quits. Maneuvering to the south side of the James River, Grant reaches a nine month stalemate with Lee. Sherman is given command of the Armies of the West with the goal of capturing Atlanta and mopping up General Johnston of the CSA. In modern terms, Sherman rocks! And I mean Rocks! He maneuvers his enemy out of his way time and time again avoiding costly head on attacks. Sherman takes Atlanta, assuring Lincoln¿s re-election and the continuance of the war effort. Sherman conducts his infamous march of destruction through Georgia, South Carolina, and into North Carolina. Grant eventually breaks through Lee¿s over stretched works and winds up chasing the Army of Northern Virgina clear to Appomattox Courthouse. You probably know the rest: Lee surrenders, Lincoln is assassinated, and Davis is caught and imprisoned. This book simply tells the history of these times in such an entertaining and engaging way. I can¿t recommend the book enough as a must read for history buffs and casual readers alike. My review does not do credit to these great books.

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