false <![CDATA[The Civil War: A Narrative (3 Volume Set)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170255592m/44234.jpg 44234 64 The Civil War: A Narrative (Hardcover, 3 Vol. Gift Set) <P>A stunning literary and historical achievement, the three volumes of Shelby Foote's THE CIVIL WAR vividly bring to life the four years of torment and strife that altered American life forever. Presented in a handsome boxed set, these three beautifully bound hardcovers are an essential addition to every American history collection. <P>Taking the reader from the drama of Jefferson Davis's resignation from the United States Senate and Abraham Lincoln's arrival in the nation's capital to Davis's final flight and capture and Lincoln's tragic death, Foote covers his subject with astonishing depth and scope. Every battle, every general, and every statesman has its place in this monumental narrative, told in lively prose that captures the sights, smells, and sounds of the conflict. Never before have the great battles and personalities of the Civil War been so excitingly presented, and never before has the story been told so completely. <P>With a novelist's gift for narrative and a historian's commitment to research, Shelby Foote's epic retelling is the definitive account of the Civil War, a trilogy that has earned a place of honor on the bookshelves of all Americans. 43597 1974 The Civil War: A Narrative (3 Volume Set) total:512|5:366|4:121|3:21|2:3|1:1| 512 2384 898 112 5 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 20 10:21:11 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 10:24:25 -0700 2009
This is the last volume which covered Grant arriving in Washington to take up duties as commander—and looking like a scruffy nonentity who was offere...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 16 16:36:31 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 16:43:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jul 05 04:58:55 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 05 05:02:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 22:12:51 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 20:47:08 -0800 2008
Now complete. Melissa and I saw Mr. Foote on a Book TV segment on CSPAN several years ago. Throughout this massive history I could hear his voice. It is masterful, of course you kno...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Aug 03 06:40:07 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 06:46:57 -0700 2007 Civil War is a true masterpiece. His friend Walker Percy famously called it "an American Iliad," which description I cannot dispute.]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 20 10:22:31 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 10:59:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Fri Aug 08 09:04:56 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 09:07:30 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Sep 28 06:06:54 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 06:10:26 -0700 2009 once more...]]> 0 1 false false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 11:51:44 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 18:05:58 -0700 2009 4 1 false false Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Mon Dec 03 03:25:40 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 03 03:26:23 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Jun 27 20:53:58 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 20:03:09 -0700 2009 *********************************************************************
5 Stars: This book is a timeless classic and undisputed member of the literary canon. I read and loved it.

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The author Shelbe Foote was made famous in Ken Burn's PBS documentary on the civil war. Foote is the older man that was intervi...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 14:41:10 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 07:04:57 -0800 2007
It is clear what Shelby Foote is up to from the epigraph that is at the beginning of each volume: Ecclesiasticus xliv, "All these were hon...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jun 28 18:06:44 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 28 18:49:26 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jun 28 18:06:13 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 28 18:47:25 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jun 28 18:06:13 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 28 18:46:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 1992 Mon Aug 17 15:03:32 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 15:09:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 06 21:56:54 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 22:00:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 14:02:50 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 30 12:13:09 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 21:17:43 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 18:23:18 -0700 2008 1,000 pages. It is a long-term read but well worth it. The writing
is excellent and sometimes funny, the research careful, and the point
of view (very important for a civil war book) balanced. This is
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