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The Civil War: A Narrative
Shelby Foote
A Narrative--Fort Sumter to Perryville, Vol. 1
Vintage
November 1986
On Sale: November 12, 1986
840 pages
ISBN: 0394746236
EAN: 9780394746234
Softcover
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"Here, for a certainty, is one of the great historical
narratives of our century, a unique and brilliant
achievement, one that must be firmly placed in the ranks of
the masters."--Van Allen Bradley, Chicago Daily News "A stunning book full of color, life, character and a new
atmosphere of the Civil War, and at the same time a
narrative of unflagging power. Eloquent proof that an
historian should be a writer above all else." —Burke Davis "This is historical writing at its best.... It can hardly be
surpassed." —Library Journal "Anyone who wants to relive the Civil War, as thousands of
Americans apparently do, will go through this volume with
pleasure.... Years from now, Foote's monumental narrative
most likely will continue to be read and remembered as a
classic of its kind." —New York Herald Tribune Book Review "To read this great narrative is to love the nation—to love
it through the living knowledge of its mortal division.
Whitman, who ultimately knew and loved the bravery and
frailty of the soldiers, observed that the real Civil War
would never be written and perhaps should not be. For me,
Shelby Foote has written it.... This work was done to last
forever." —James M. Cox, Southern Review
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