The Civil War: A Narrative

Name: The Civil War: A Narrative
Author: Shelby Foote

by Shelby Foote

Three-volume epic history of the American Civil War, meticulously researched and narrated

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Shelby Foote

American historian and novelist whose three-volume The Civil War: A Narrative is the most literary account of the American Civil War. Written over twenty years with the ambition of a Tolstoy novel, it made him famous through Ken Burns's documentary series. He brought a novelist's sensibility to historical narrative.

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