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Shiloh

Autor Shelby Foote
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mar 1991
This fictional re-creation of the battle of Shiloh in April 1862 fulfills the standard set by his monumental history, conveying both the bloody choreography of two armies and the movements of the combatants' hearts and minds.
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ISBN-13: 9780679735427
ISBN-10: 0679735429
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 132 x 203 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.22 kg
Ediția:Vintage Books.
Editura: Vintage Publishing

Notă biografică

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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From the author of the acclaimed trilogy The Civil War: A Narrative--this fictional re-creation of the battle of Shiloh in April 1862 fulfills the standard set by his monumental history. "Each section of this book is excellent in its own right--imaginative, powerful, filled with precise visual details. A brilliant book".--The New York Times.