This version was published by subscription between 19.ģ. The Time-Life illustrated edition, with additional maps and an index to each of 14 volumes into which the work was divided. The original release by Random House, followed by a paperback edition of the same release in 1986.Ģ. Since 1958 Foote's work has been published in four different versions:ġ. For this work Foote has been called the "American Homer." His history has also been compared to Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. His work, written in the grand style of Thucydides, became the literary and historical epic on the central historical issue of American history, the fulcrum that divided and continues to some extent to divide American culture. Foote, who was born in Greenville, Mississippi, understood the profound sense of loss experienced by the South. Between 19 American novelist and historian Shelby Foote of Memphis, Tennessee wrote the the 1.5 million word The Civil War: A Narrative by longhand using a traditional nib pen.
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