2001-09-02T13:28:15-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/d7d/20010902133018002.jpgShelby Foote, author of 3 books of history on the Civil War Shelby Foote, author of ...

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 ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Historian Shelby Foote was buried Thursday under a huge magnolia tree near the graves of Civil War combatants whose exploits he chronicled in one of the best-known books about the ...

THERE WAS SOMETHING BEYOND OLD-fashioned–maybe the right word is archaic–about Shelby Foote. It emerged full-blown that evening a decade ago when he appeared in Ken Burns’s Civil War series as the ...

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A renowned historian, novelist and playwright is the winner of this year's Helmerich Distinguished Author award. The Tulsa Library Trust announced Tuesday morning that Shelby Foote will receive the ...

The historian Shelby Foote, who died Monday at 88, gained wide renown when he entered millions of American living rooms as the gently authoritative commentator of “The Civil War,” the 1990 PBS ...

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, ...

Novelist and historian Shelby Foote, whose Southern storyteller’s touch inspired millions to read his multivolume work on the Civil War, has died. He was 88. Foote died Monday night, his widow, Gwyn, ...