Shelby Foote and the Art of History: Two Gates to the City

by James Panabaker

Ken Burns, creator of the television documentary The Civil War, has called Shelby Foote a "national treasure." Foote, whose appearances on the program helped solidify its phenomenal success, earned a reputation among the general public as one of the nation's leading Civil War historians. His three-volume history of the Civil War is considered by some to be among the most engaging treatments of the conflict to date--Walker Percy called it "an American...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572333189
• ISBN13: 9781572333185
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 8.9"