• Shelby Dade Foote Jr. (November 17, 1916 – June 27, 2005) was an American writer, historian and journalist. Although he primarily viewed himself as a...
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    Catholic faith. He had a lifelong friendship with author and historian Shelby Foote and spent much of his life in Covington, Louisiana, where he died of...
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  • narration by David McCullough, anecdotes and insights from authors such as Shelby Foote, historians Barbara J. Fields, Ed Bearss, and Stephen B. Oates; and actors...
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  • million-word history of the American Civil War by Shelby Foote. Although previously known as a novelist, Foote is most famous for this non-fictional narrative...
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    American money manager; son of Shelby Cullom Davis Shelby Foote (1916–2005), American historian and novelist Shelby Gaines (fl. mid-1990s), American...
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  • historical novel set during the American Civil War, written in 1952 by Shelby Foote. It employs the first-person perspectives of several protagonists, Union...
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  • review consisted of Daniel J. Boorstin, A. S. Byatt, Christopher Cerf, Shelby Foote, Vartan Gregorian, Edmund Morris, John Richardson, Arthur Schlesinger...
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    famed Civil War novelist Shelby Foote, who wrote a novel about it. It burned down on June 17, 2015. It is located in Foote, Washington County, Mississippi...
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    willingness to try any available opportunity. Likewise, the historian Shelby Foote included the canal as one of seven different failed attempts made before...
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    raised the flag in triumph over the battered remains of the fort. Author Shelby Foote quotes Anderson as saying, "I thank God that I have lived to see this...
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  • The script was written by Larry McMurtry and Shepherd from a book by Shelby Foote. Three white people plan to kidnap a child from a rich black family....
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    Carroll Shelby Over 'Eleanor' Name". 67mustangblog.com. November 15, 2008. Retrieved August 19, 2014. Foote, Brett (December 9, 2022). "Shelby Trust Prevails...
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    literary critics such as Anatole Broyard, Jerome Charyn, Guy Davenport, and Shelby Foote were followed by the Times Literary Supplement review which saw the novel...
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  • he played poker at the Elks Club. Foote died on July 18, 1915, in Greenville, Mississippi. His grandson, Shelby Foote, became a renowned author of historic...
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    son, Huger Lee Foote. Foote died on January 29, 1899, in Macon, Mississippi, where he was buried. His great-grandson was Shelby Foote, the Civil War author...
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  • from this period include James Agee, Cormac McCarthy, Peter Taylor, Shelby Foote, and Allen Tate. During this period, the social and artistic movement...
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    the Civil War. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. ISBN 0-684-84944-5. Shelby Foote The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville. New York:...
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    directing troop and artillery placements just to the east of the woods. Shelby Foote wrote that the Union cause lost a man considered by many to be "the best...
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  • Albert Horton Foote Jr. (March 14, 1916 – March 4, 2009) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He received Academy Awards for his screenplays for...
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  • (Naylor novel), a 1991 children's novel Shiloh (Foote novel), a 1952 historical novel by Shelby Foote about the American Civil War battle "Shiloh," a...
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    1944–46, to Civil War historian Shelby Foote after having met when Foote's artillery unit was deployed to Northern Ireland. Foote had spent six years in the...
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    Memphis, Tennessee (category Cities in Shelby County, Tennessee)
    characterized by affordable rent. Well-known writers from Memphis include Shelby Foote, the noted Civil War historian. Novelist John Grisham grew up in nearby...
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  • Civil War, especially among Confederate soldiers. Civil war historian Shelby Foote described it as a mixture of cornmeal and bacon grease to make a dough...
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  • three hours per day, studying playwright Tennessee Williams and author Shelby Foote, via interview footage from C-SPAN and the Ken Burns-helmed docuseries...
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  • Prehistory" Samuel Foote (1720–1777), Cornish dramatist and actor Selina Foote, (born 1985), New Zealand visual artist Shelby Foote (1916–2005), American...
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  • the nearest town or artificial landmark. The novelist and historian Shelby Foote claimed that many Northerners were urban and regarded bodies of water...
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    McCarthy was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship worth $236,000. Saul Bellow, Shelby Foote, and others had recommended him to the organization. The grant enabled...
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    an unproduced screenplay by filmmaker Stanley Kubrick and historian Shelby Foote that Ridley Scott was attached to produce. Darabont considers the script...
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  • of the Wilderness in Virginia A visit with the historian and novelist Shelby Foote, author of The Civil War: A Narrative (1958, 1963, 1974). He had become...
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    There was no applause when he stopped speaking." According to historian Shelby Foote, after Lincoln's presentation, the applause was delayed, scattered, and...
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