Chickamauga
And Other Civil War Stories
Published on 16. February 2011
256 pages
978-0-307-77923-6 (ISBN)
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Shelby Foote's monumental historical trilogy, "The Civil War: A Narrative," is our window into the day-by-day unfolding of our nation's defining event. Now Foote reveals the deeper human truth behind the battles and speeches through the fiction he has chosen for this vivid, moving collection.
These ten stories of the Civil War give us the experience of joining a coachload of whores left on a siding during a battle in Virginia . . .marching into an old man's house to tell him it's about to be burned down . . .or seeing a childhood friend shot down at Chickamauga.
The result is history that lives again in our imagination, as the creative vision of these great writers touches our emotions and makes us witness to the human tragedy of this war, fought so bravely by those in blue and gray.
These ten stories of the Civil War give us the experience of joining a coachload of whores left on a siding during a battle in Virginia . . .marching into an old man's house to tell him it's about to be burned down . . .or seeing a childhood friend shot down at Chickamauga.
The result is history that lives again in our imagination, as the creative vision of these great writers touches our emotions and makes us witness to the human tragedy of this war, fought so bravely by those in blue and gray.
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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.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Provisional Inaugural: Jefferson Davis
- A Young Soldier's First Battle: Stephen Crane
- The Night of Chancellorsville: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Chickamauga: Thomas Wolfe
- An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge: Ambrose Bierce
- My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek: William Faulkner
- Fish-Hook Gettysburg: Stephen Vincent Benet
- The Burning: Eudora Welty
- Pillar of Fire: Shelby Foote
- Homecoming: An Excerpt from Ourselves to Know: John O'Hara
- The Private History of a Campaign That Failed: Mark Twain
- Second Inaugural: Abraham Lincoln
- About the Author
