Book description
A narrative history of the American Civil War, which covers not only
the battles and the troop movements but also the social background that
brought on the war and led, in the end, to the South's defeat.
Although he now makes his home in Memphis, Tennessee, Shelby Foote comes
from a long line of Mississippians. He was born in Greenville,
Mississippi, and attended school there until he entered the University
of North Carolina. During the Second World War, he served in Europe as a
captain of field artillery. He has written six novels:
Tournament, Follow Me Down, Love in a Dry Season, Shiloh, Jordan
County
and September, September.
While writing The Civil War: A Narrative
he was awarded three Guggenheim fellowships.
