![]() History and literature are rarely so thoroughly combined as here: one finishes (the last) volume convinced that no one need undertake this particular enterprise again." "A native Mississippi now residing in Memphis, Shelby Foote attended the University of North Carolina and later served as a Captain of Field Artillery during World War II. He is best known for his epic three-volume history entitled "The Civil War: A Narrarive." This work, published by Random House, was hailed by critics as "a remarkable achievement" and "monumental." One reviewer wrote: "To read Foote's chronicle is an awesome and moving experience. The citation presented by President Daughdrill reads: "Shelby Dade Foote is a novelist, historian and playwright. The picture was taken by Carol McCarley when she was creating the inventory of the collection.Ī personal note is Foote's distinct manuscript states, "Finished Book May Day 1974Drank wine "įoote was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters from Rhodes College at commencement on June 5,1982. ![]() This empty bottle of 1959 Chateau Mouton Rothschild wine made into a lamp was in Foote's office at his home on East Parkway. ![]()
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