Shiloh: A Novel
by Shelby Foote
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0679735429
- ISBN 13
- 9780679735427
- Seller
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Independence, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
A novel. An unrelenting account of two days of battle in April 1862 that conveys not only the bloody choreography of troops near Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, but the inner movements of the combatants' hearts and minds.
Fine condition except for age tanning on pages. Clean. Tight.
225 pages.
Synopsis
Shelby Foote was born on November 7, 1916 in Greenville, Mississippi, and attended school there until he entered the University of North Carolina. During World War II he served as a captain of field artillery but never saw combat. After World War II he worked briefly for the Associated Press in their New York bureau. In 1953 he moved to Memphis, where he lived for the remainder of his life.Foote was the author of six novels: Tournament , Follow Me Down , Love in a Dry Season , Shiloh , Jordan County , and September, September . He is best remembered for his 3-volume history The Civil War: A Narrative , which took twenty years to complete and resulted in his being a featured expert in Ken Burns' acclaimed Civil War documentary. Over the course of his writing career, Foote was also awarded three Guggenheim fellowships.Shelby Foote died in 2005 at the age of 88.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue & Grey Book Shoppe (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 925
- Title
- Shiloh: A Novel
- Author
- Shelby Foote
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0679735429
- ISBN 13
- 9780679735427
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- April 9, 1991
- Keywords
- fiction, civil war, novel, Shiloh, battle, Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War; Fiction - Adult;
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