{"product_id":"the-civil-war-a-narrative-volume-1-fort-sumter-to-perryville-paperback","title":"The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShelby Foote\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis first volume of Shelby Foote's classic narrative of the Civil War opens with Jefferson Davis's farewell to the United 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 classic novel. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Includes maps throughout. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Here, for a certainty, is one of the great historical narratives...a unique and brilliant achievement, one that must be firmly placed in the ranks of the masters.\"--Van Allen Bradley, \u003ci\u003eChicago Daily News \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"To read this great narrative is to love the nation--to love it through the living knowledge of its mortal division. 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 \u003ci\u003eshould\u003c\/i\u003e not be. For me, Shelby Foote has written it.... This work was done to last forever.\" --James M. Cox, \u003ci\u003eSouthern Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFORT SUMTER TO PERRYVILLE \u003cbr\u003e\"Anyone who wants to relive the Civil War, as thousands of Americans apparently do, 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 \u003cbr\u003e\"Here, for a certainty, is one of the great historical narratives of our century, a unique and brilliant achievement, one that must be firmly placed in the ranks of the masters.\"--Van Allen Bradley, \"Chicago Daily News\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShelby Foote was an American historian and novelist. He 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFoote was the author of six novels: \u003cb\u003eTournament\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eFollow Me Down\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eLove in a Dry Season\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eShiloh\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJordan County\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eSeptember, September\u003c\/b\u003e. He is best remembered for his 3-volume history \u003cb\u003eThe Civil War: A Narrative\u003c\/b\u003e, which took twenty years to complete and resulted in his being a featured expert in Ken Burns' acclaimed PBS documentary, \"The Civil War\". Over the course of his writing career, Foote was also awarded three Guggenheim fellowships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShelby Foote died in 2005 at the age of 88.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 856\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.84 x 9.22 x 6.37 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 1986\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755735253280,"sku":"9780394746234","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7997c99e58f6fd225fbd83068c5e5d7f.webp?v=1780067346","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-civil-war-a-narrative-volume-1-fort-sumter-to-perryville-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}