Shelby Foote was an American historian and novelist. He 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 PBS documentary, "The Civil War".
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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