"Gettysburg...is described with such meticulous attention toaction, terrain, time, and the characters of the various commandersthat I understand, at last, what happened in that battle.... Mr.Foote has an acute sense of the relative importance of events and anovelist's skill in directing the reader's attention to the men andthe episodes that will influence the course of the whole war,without omitting items which are of momentary interest. Hisorganization of facts could hardly bebetter."--Atlantic
【作者简介】
Shelby Foote was born on November 7, 1916 in Greenville,Mississippi, and attended school there until he entered theUniversity of North Carolina. During World War II he served as acaptain of field artillery but never saw combat. After World War IIhe worked briefly for the Associated Press in their New Yorkbureau. In 1953 he moved to Memphis, where he lived for theremainder of his life.
Foote was the author of six novels: Tournament, FollowMe Down, Love in a Dry Season, Shiloh, JordanCounty, and September, September. He is best rememberedfor his 3-volume history The Civil War: A Narrative, whichtook twenty years to complete and resulted in his being a featuredexpert in Ken Burns' acclaimed Civil War documentary. Over thecourse of his writing career, Foote was also awarded threeGuggenheim fellowships.
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