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Title: Shelby Foote, RIP
Source: Booktv.org
URL Source: http://booktv.org/Feature/index.asp?segID=1679&schedID=374
Published: Jul 4, 2005
Author: Shelby Foote
Post Date: 2005-07-04 12:14:09 by Arator
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Keywords: Shelby, Foote,
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Shelby Foote died recently. If you've never read his three volume near-life's work, "The Civil War: A Narrative," do. One cannot understand America without also understanding what happened here between 1861 and 1865 and how it changed us. And there is no better way to understand it than to live it vicariously through Shelby Foote's powerful prose.

A man of the Mississippi Delta, Shelby Foote speaks with a drawl as thick as mollasses. He represents to my mind the quintessence of what it means to be a Southerner. Though I live in the benighted North, and my family's Southern heritage had been rendered a faint echo from a conquered land no longer my own, I rediscovered my Southern soul largely thanks to the life and writings of this good man.

To recover something of our American past that regrettably passes on when men like Shelby Foote leave us, watch/listen to the three hour in depth call-in interwiew of Shelby Foote done in September of 2001 on C-SPAN's Book TV. You'll be glad you did.


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#19. To: Arator (#0)

The C-Span interview was fascinating, as was the Ken Burns Civil War series. Shelby Foote made the series work for me. I still watch the Burns series at least once a year. Good bye, Shelby Foote. You were one of a kind.

Jethro Tull  posted on  2005-07-04   16:09:37 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#23. To: Jethro Tull (#19)

the Ken Burns Civil War series

I am still looking to buy that series. Thought I had it off EBay, but got a refund instead because the guys *friend* wasn't shipping the stuff, but pocketing it. Too bad, I got it for a great price too!

justlurking  posted on  2005-07-04   16:38:05 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#26. To: justlurking (#23)

I have it on VCR. Amazon charges about $97 new, not sure about used.

Jethro Tull  posted on  2005-07-04   17:09:54 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#27. To: Jethro Tull (#26)

I just got the 13 hour, 2004 DVD version for 68.00 on Ebay. Factory Sealed. See if I can actually get it this time. I usually never have a problem on Ebay.

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