"It is like two bald men fighting over a comb."
Jorge Luis Borges on the Falklands war.
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Shelby Foote November 17, 1916 to June 27, 2005 Born in Greenville, Mississippi & Died in Memphis Tennessee Best known for his massive three volume history of the Civil War. Quote "If you are serious about wanting to write fiction you had better get to work."
Off-Site Resource Shelby Foote At The Mississippi Writer's Page
Bibliography Fiction Tournament - 1949 Follow Me, Down - 1950 Love in a Dry Season - 1951 Shiloh - 1952 Jordan County: A Landscape in Narrative - 1954 September, September - 1978
Civil War History The Civil War: A Narrative: Fort Sumter to Perryville - 1958 The Civil War: A Narrative: Fredericksburg to Meridian - 1963 The Civil War: A Narrative: Red River to Appomattox - 1974
Miscellaneous Book Conversations with Shelby Foote - 1989 (edited by William C. Carter) The Correspondence of Shelby Foote and Walker Percy - 1997 (edited by Jay Tolson)
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