Shelby Foote
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| Title | : | The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville (The Civil War #1) |
| Author | : | Shelby Foote |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 856 pages |
| Published | : | November 12th 1986 by Vintage (first published November 12th 1958) |
| Categories | : | History. Military History. Civil War. Nonfiction. North American Hi.... American History. American Civil War. Audiobook. War |
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The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 1 begins one of the most remarkable works of history ever fashioned. All the great battles are here, of course, from Bull Run through Shiloh, the Seven Days Battles, and Antietam, but so are the smaller ones: Ball's Bluff, Fort Donelson, Pea Ridge, Island Ten, New Orleans, and Monitor versus Merrimac. The word "narrative" is the key to this extraordinary book's incandescence and its truth. The story is told entirely from the point of view of the people involved in it. One learns not only what was happening on all fronts but also how the author discovered it during his years of exhaustive research. This first volume in Shelby Foote's comprehensive history is a must-listen for anyone interested in one of the bloodiest wars in America's history.Declare Books In Favor Of The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville (The Civil War #1)
| Original Title: | The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville |
| ISBN: | 0394746236 (ISBN13: 9780394746234) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Civil War #1 |
| Literary Awards: | National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction (1959) |
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Ratings: 4.43 From 10854 Users | 439 ReviewsArticle Containing Books The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville (The Civil War #1)
Well, that took a long, long time. Foote's book is beautifully written, interesting and informative. It's well worth the read, but damn is it long. Two more to go.I would like to have given this book 4 and a half stars although obviously that is not possible. I do not understand the misspellings in the book- was there no editor or some hidden reason for it? Still, I was drawn to Foote's writing. His appreciation and dedication to the history he was writing was obvious and his evenhandedness apparent. This book is very easy reading so I would recommend it even to those not normally drawn to history. I was a bit annoyed by the lack of footnotes which make a
This first volume of a trilogy from the 50s brings complex history and the personalities that play on its stage alive with a wonderful narrative approach rich in human stories. When he writes what a key figure is thinking or speaking, you have to take it with a grain of salt. But for me all historical accounts, even autobiography, also need salt given how much the human factors behind events comes down to individual interpretation. And seeing as how this was part of a labor of love (or
On the one hand Foote is pretty openly a confederate sympathizer, opening the book by talking about what a good and kind slavemaster Jefferson Davis was, portraying abolitionists as ruthless rabble rousing demagogues etc, but on the other hand I doubt you're going to find a better detailed description of the events of the civil war itself. I don't at all think this is an unenjoyable or non-informative read, just that it should probably be heavily supplemented with other works that maybe aren't
Breath-taking scenes and jaw-dropping insights of character lost to all but the tenacious in hundreds of pages of, this army hit here and this army hit here. Foote does try valiantly to recapture in order to make sure the reader doesn't get ENTIRELY bored or lost, and these summations help
Shelby Foote has earned his sobriquet, "American Homer", for the is the Bard of the American Civil War. Reading him is like watching Gettysburg. All you want to do is to join the sparkling mass of bayonets, marching off into those sunny fields of valor.
I guess some guy called this the "American Iliad"...I have no idea what that means but it certainly sounds cool, and this book deserves to sound cool. I am by no means a scholar on the American Civil War (the Confederates hilariously liked to call it the 2nd American Revolution) but if I enjoy the other two volumes as much as I did this one then I don't see how it wouldn't render all of the other volumes written covering the extent of the war by so many different authors superfluous. I realize
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