Author

Books by Shelby Foote

Shelby Foote (1916–2005) was a Mississippi-born novelist and historian. He published five novels before beginning his Civil War trilogy in 1954, and the project consumed the next two decades of his life. The three volumes appeared in 1958, 1963, and 1974. His prominence expanded greatly after his appearances in Ken Burns's 1990 documentary series, which introduced his prose to a broad national audience. He received the Dos Passos Prize for Literature and was a longtime friend of fellow Mississippi writer Walker Percy.