The Civil War Trilogy Box Set by Shelby Foote

The Civil War Trilogy Box Set by Shelby Foote

A handsome boxed set of Shelby Foote's three-volume masterpiece, selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time--a comprehensive, extensively researched history of the Civil War, accompanied by American Homer: Reflections on Shelby Foote and His Classic Civil War

"The writing is superb . . . one of the historical and literary achievements of our time."--The Washington Post Book World

In 1954, Random House publisher Bennett Cerf commissioned southern novelist Shelby Foote to write a short, one-volume history of the American Civil War. Thirty years and a million and a half words later--every word having been written out longhand with nib pens dipped into ink--Foote published the third and final volume of what has become the classic narrative of that epic war.

Foote's tremendous, sweeping narrative of the most fascinating conflict in our history--a war that lasted four long, bitter years, an experience more profound and meaningful than any other the American people have ever lived through--begins with Jefferson Davis's resignation from the United States Senate and Abraham Lincoln's departure from Springfield for the national capital. It is these two leaders, whose lives continually touch on the great chain of events throughout the story, who are only the first of scores of exciting personalities that in effect make The Civil War a multiple biography set against the crisis of an age.

Four years later, Lincoln's second inaugural sets the seal, invoking "charity for all" on the Eve of Five Forks and the Grant-Lee race for Appomattox. Here is the dust and stench of war, a sort of Twilight of the Gods. The epilogue is Lincoln in his grave, and Davis in his postwar existence--"Lucifer in Starlight." So ends a unique achievement--already recognized as one of the finest histories ever fashioned by an American--a narrative that re-creates on a vast and brilliant canvas the events and personalities of an American epic: the Civil War.

Alongside Foote's brilliant history, this boxed set contains American Homer: Reflections on Shelby Foote and His Classic Civil War: A Novel, edited by and with an introduction from Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham, and including essays by Michael Beschloss, Ken Burns, Anette Gordon-Reed, and others.

Shelby Foote was an American novelist and historian. He was born in Greenville, Mississippi, on November 7, 1916, and attended school there until enrolling at the University of North Carolina. He was a captain of field artillery during WWII, but he never saw battle. He temporarily worked for the Associated Press in their New York bureau after WWII. He moved to Memphis in 1953 and remained there for the rest of his life.

Tournament, Follow Me Down, Love in a Dry Season, Shiloh, Jordan County, and September, September were among Foote's six novels. He is most known for writing The Civil War: A Narrative, a three-volume history that took him twenty years to complete and earned him a spot as a featured expert in Ken Burns' blockbuster PBS documentary The Civil War. Foote was also the recipient of three Guggenheim fellowships during his writing career. Shelby Foote died at the age of 88 in 2005.

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ISBN 13	9780679643708
ISBN 10	0679643702
Title	The Civil War Trilogy Box Set
Author	Shelby Foote
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2011-03-23
Number of pages	2984
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.