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If you ever visit Gettysburg, you should read this first, to appreciate how well Foote captured it. Shelby Dade Foote Jr. (November 17, 1916 – June 27, 2005) was an American writer, historian and journalist. [1] Although he primarily viewed himself as a novelist, he is now best known for his authorship of The Civil War: A Narrative, a three-volume history of the American Civil War. [2] The Civil War: A Narrative, Red River to Chattahoochee: Another Grand Design. New York: Random House. 2005. ISBN 0-307-29029-8. Foote's first novel, Tournament, was published in 1949. It was inspired by his planter grandfather, who had died two years before Foote's birth. For his next novel, Follow Me Down (1950), Foote drew heavily from the proceedings of a Greenville murder trial he attended in 1941 for both the plot and characters. [13] The Civil War: A Narrative, Fort Donelson to Memphis (40th Anniversaryed.). Alexandria, VA: Time-Life. 1999. ISBN 0-7835-0101-3.

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In 2013, the Sons of Confederate Veterans used Foote's presentation of Nathan Bedford Forrest as a "humane slave holder" to protest against the removal of his statue in Memphis. Foote had argued that Forrest "avoided splitting up families or selling [slaves] to cruel plantation owners." [71] Shelby Foote historical marker, Greenville, Mississippi (2019) Keri Leigh, Merritt. "Why We Need a New Civil War Documentary". Smithsonian . Retrieved October 10, 2019. In this day and age does the ability for thought not exist????? If you notice the narrations echos what Shelby Foote says on factual statements, not everything he says. I enjoyed his perspective. Does he idealize the south; absolutely, but how oblivious can you be to miss that. History is always subjective, history has multiple perspectives. (Did Gettysburg over a clash for shoes, no…. Does the documentary take away from anything in stating that?? I couldn't find a listing for just Volume 3: Red River to Appomattox which I finished this year. Last year I read the first two volumes.

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Mississippi Writers Trail markers for Shelby Foote and Walker Percy unveiled in Greenville | Mississippi Development Authority". Mississippi.org . Retrieved June 16, 2020. Rebecca Savransky, “Ken Burns Says One Factor Caused the Civil War: ‘Slavery’,” The Hill, October 31, 2017. Shelby Foote once said, with a microphone in his face: “Believe me, no soldier on either side gave a damn about the slaves.”

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The trouble begins with the documentary’s star: Shelby Foote is a southern novelist with a down-home drawl, a gift for storytelling, and a very troubling version of the events of 1861 to 1865. Foote’s account of the Civil War has very little to do with slavery. He argues the war began “because we failed to do the thing we really have a genius for, which is compromise,” and that southerners were merely fighting to defend themselves against the northern aggressor. Foote’s unabashed admiration for the men who led the Confederacy is clear: Robert E. Lee is a “warm, outgoing man” who “always had time for any private soldier’s complaint,” Confederacy president Jefferson Davis “an outgoing, friendly man; a great family man, loved his wife and children; an infinite store of compassion.” [2]Airing over a span of five nights during late September in 1990, Ken Burns’ “The Civil War” remains, to this day, the only documentary that claims to explain the entirety of the war that engulfed the United States in the mid-19th century. “The Civil War”’s premiere became the most-watched PBS program at the time, with the nine-episode series carrying a total running time of 11 hours, and to this day it remains one of the most popular shows ever to air on public broadcasting. Garnering scores of awards, “The Civil War” has now influenced generations of Americans and shaped their beliefs about slavery, the war itself, and its aftermath. The documentary had an outsized effect on how many Americans think about the war, but it’s one that unfortunately lead to a fundamental misunderstanding about slavery and its legacies—a failing that both undergirds and fuels the flames of racism today. Mitchell, Ellen (October 31, 2017). "White House defends Kelly's Civil War remarks". The Hill. Archived from the original on November 1, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2017 Fred L. Schultz, "An interview with Shelby Foote: 'All life has a plot'." Naval History 8.5 (1994): 36–39. I hope in the future there are more documentary’s on the civil war. Would I watch a “academic scholar” drone on and on and on about his thoughts and perspectives; No.

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a b Renda, Lex (August 26, 1996). "Review of Toplin, Robert Brent, ed., Ken Burns's The Civil War: Historians Respond". H-net.org. H-CivWar, H-Review . Retrieved October 26, 2021. David W. Blight, Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2001), 139. This is probably the leading complete history of the Civil War, which for me means there is a great opportunity for someone to write something better.As another example, I have to wonder how the 20th Maine could have held its position on Little Round Top on July 2 had it not been for the stand of the 4th Maine at Devil’s Den, engaging one, perhaps two, Confederate regiments that could otherwise have joined the assault on the Union line. The 4th Maine incurred 140 killed, wounded and captured that day. When I realized it was a trilogy, I decided to go on to volume three. From there, I went to the first volume and read all three books straight through. This is the last volume which covered Grant arriving in Washington to take up duties as commander—and looking like a scruffy nonentity who was offered a room in the attic of Willard’s Hotel until the clerk saw his name—to the death of Jefferson Davis (Foote is a southerner after all). Really great work—it’s taken me a couple of years to read it. Mr. Foote said he had an avowed preference for the South during the Civil War, and his perspectives on the South proved controversial. He was a man of conscience who was repulsed by racial segregation but also admired those who fought for the Confederacy under the banner of "states' rights" -- a slogan often usurped by racists during the civil rights era.

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The Civil War: A Narrative, James Crossing to Johnsonville (40th Anniversaryed.). Alexandria, VA: Time-Life. 2000. ISBN 0-7835-0111-0.That it took Foote "five times longer to write the war than the participants took to fight it" only matures his work, as age matures a first rate single malt Scotch whisky. During the time of Foote's labor, several historical events occurred that reflected the actions of the period of which he was writing, some one hundred years earlier: the assassination of a president; the beginning and end of another war; a continuation of the civil rights struggle so intimately associated