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The Civil War: a Narrative: Fort Sumter to Perryville (Civil War (Random House Trade)) Book

In 1954, Shelby Foote was a young novelist with a contract to write a short history of the Civil War. It soon became clear, however, that he had undertaken a long-term project. Twenty years later Foote finally completed his massive and essential trilogy on the War Between the States. His three books are prose masterpieces with lively characterizations and gripping action. Although Foote never sacrifices the truth of what happened to his penchant for artistry, his skills as a novelist serve him well. Reading all three of these books will take some time, but they are worth the investment--especially if you, like Foote, have a touch of sympathy for the South's lost cause. Read More

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  • Product Description

    With These Words, Shelby Foote begins a tremendous, sweeping narrative of the most fascinating conflict in our history -- a war which lasted four long, bitter years, an experience more profound and meaningful than any other the American people have ever lived through.

    This volume -- the first of three -- opens with Jefferson Davis' resignation from the United States Senate and Abraham Lincoln's departure from Springfield for the national capital; and these two leaders, whose lives continually touch on the great chain of events throughout the story, are only the first of scores of exciting personalities which in effect make The Civil War: A Narrative a multiple biography set against the crisis of an age.

    All the great battles are here, of course, from Bull Run through Shiloh, the Seven Days, Second Manassas to Antietam

  • 0394419480
  • 9780394419480
  • Shelby Foote
  • 1 March 1997
  • Random House USA Paperbacks
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 840
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