Shelby Foote (1916–2005)
Autor von The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
Über den Autor
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 mehr anzeigen 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) weniger anzeigen
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Reihen
Werke von Shelby Foote
The Beleaguered City: The Vicksburg Campaign, December 1862-July 1863 (Modern Library) (1963) — Autor; Erzähler, einige Ausgaben — 186 Exemplare
The Civil War: A Narrative: Five Forks to Appomattox: Victory and Defeat (# 9 in series) (1974) 48 Exemplare
The Civil War: A Narrative Second Manassas to Perryville The Sun Shines South (Volume 3) (1974) 47 Exemplare
The Civil War, Vol 1: Fort Sumter to Kernstown: First Blood - The Thing Gets Underway (1958) 44 Exemplare
The Civil War: A Narrative Pea Ridge to the Seven Days War Means Fighting, Fighting Means Killing (Volume 2) (1958) 42 Exemplare
The Civil War 9 Exemplare
L'enfant de la fievre 3 Exemplare
The Merchant of Bristol 1 Exemplar
Shelby Foote the Civil War a Narrative Set Volumes 13-14 Time Life Books (time life books) 1 Exemplar
The Civil War : a narrative 1 Exemplar
Chickamauga 1 Exemplar
The novelist's view of history 1 Exemplar
Forst Sumter to Perryville 1 Exemplar
Fredricksburg to Merdian 1 Exemplar
Echoes of Shiloh 1 Exemplar
The Letters in Perspective 1 Exemplar
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Booknotes: America's Finest Authors on Reading, Writing, and the Power of Ideas (1997) — Mitwirkender — 429 Exemplare
The Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Legacy from 1860 to Now (2008) — Mitwirkender — 153 Exemplare
Walker Percy Remembered: A Portrait in the Words of Those Who Knew Him (2006) — Mitwirkender — 19 Exemplare
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1992 (1992) — Author "Stand up for Bastards!" — 17 Exemplare
New Short Novels By Jean Stafford, Shelby Foote, Elizabeth Etnier, Clyde Miller (1954) — Mitwirkender — 6 Exemplare
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Foote, Shelby
- Andere Namen
- Foote, Shelby Dade, Jr. (birth name)
- Geburtstag
- 1916-11-17
- Todestag
- 2005-06-27
- Begräbnisort
- Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Greenville, Mississippi, USA
- Sterbeort
- Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- Todesursache
- heart attack from pulmonary embolism
- Wohnorte
- Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
Pensacola, Florida, USA
Mobile, Alabama, USA - Ausbildung
- University of North Carolina
- Berufe
- novelist
historian - Beziehungen
- Foote, Horton (cousin)
Percy, Walker (friend)
Percy, William Alexander (friend)
Spencer, Elizabeth (colleague) - Organisationen
- Fellowship of Southern Writers (founding member)
Mississippi National Guard
United States Marine Corps
Alpha Tau Omega
United States Army - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Charles Frankel Prize (1992)
Cleanth Brooks Medal for Lifetime Achievement (1999)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (1994)
John Dos Passos Prize (1988)
Richard M. Weaver Award (1997)
Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award (2003)
Mitglieder
Diskussionen
Shelfby Foote v. Bruce Catton v. James McPherson in American Civil War (Juli 2017)
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THE WAR ROOM (1)
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