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Shelby Foote : a writer's life

Author: C Stuart Chapman
Publisher: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2003.
Series: Willie Morris books in memoir and biography.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
Looks at the life and career of the historian and novelist, whose writings dramatize life in the South.
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Genre/Form: Biography
Named Person: Shelby Foote; Shelby Foote; Shelby Foote
Material Type: Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: C Stuart Chapman
ISBN: 1578063590 9781578063598
OCLC Number: 49775312
Description: xxi, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. Roots 3 --
2. Beginnings, 1916-1935 21 --
3. College Days, 1935-1937 50 --
4. Writing and Fighting, 1937-1945 70 --
5. First Successes, 1945-1951 94 --
6. First Failures: "Two Gates to the City" and Jordan County, 1952-1954 139 --
7. The Civil War, Volume I, 1954-1958 157 --
8. The Civil War, Volume II, 1958-1963 179 --
9. The Civil War, Volume III, 1963-1974 195 --
10. After the Deluge: September September, 1975-1978 221 --
11. Turning Home, 1978-1990 238 --
12. A Star Is Born, 1990- 257.
Series Title: Willie Morris books in memoir and biography.
Responsibility: C. Stuart Chapman.

Abstract:

Looks at the life and career of the historian and novelist, whose writings dramatize life in the South.

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