MEMPHIS, Tenn. Novelist and Civil War historian Shelby Foote, who became a national celebrity explaining the war to America on Ken Burns' 1990 PBS documentary, has died at 88. Foote died Monday night, ...

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. Shelby Foote was one of the few Southerners I could watch on a national stage with confidence that whatever came out of his mouth would be wise and witty, making me proud we were ...

Shelby Foote is gone, at 88. Maybe now the Civil War can finally be over. He had his own internal conflict. He wanted to be known as a novelist but will forever be remembered as the author of a ...

Shelby Foote, the last great Southern historian of the South before and during the War Between the States, has gone. The Times published a large and respectful obituary (June 29). It took ...

Vance Lauderdale was among the 4,000 people who lined up to get a look at — and maybe a piece of — the late, great Shelby Foote’s estate. Here’s his report. Keep the Memphis Flyer flying. For more ...

"[Illustration on] p. 113: From a drawing by Aldred R. Waud, courtesy Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution/Art Resource, New York."--p. 314, v. 14 (Fort Stedman to ...

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Novelist and historian Shelby Foote died Monday night. He was 88. The native Mississippian gained a sort of celebrity when he lent his gravelly voice to Ken Burns' PBS documentary series The Civil War ...