Timothy S. Huebner, Madeleine M. McGrady, Shelby Foote, Memphis, and the Civil War in American Memory, Southern Cultures, Vol. 21, No. 4 (WINTER 2015), pp. 13-27 ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Novelist and Civil War historian Shelby Foote, who became a national celebrity explaining the war to America on Ken Burns' 1990 PBS documentary, has died at 88.

Shelby Foote was the author of a magisterial three-volume history of the Civil War, which is in itself one of the treasures of American civilization.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Novelist and Civil War historian Shelby Foote, who became a national celebrity in explaining the war to the nation on Ken Burns' 1990 PBS documentary, died Monday. He was 88.

Civil War historian and novelist Shelby Foote died Monday night at age 88. He is best known for his three-volume, 3,000-page history entitled The Civil War: A Narrative, and for narrating Ken ...

Foote spent 20 years working on his three-volume, 3,000-page history of the Civil War. It was little-noticed by the general public before the PBS series featured Foote's genial storytelling style ...

Shelby Foote, author of 3 books of history on the Civil War 4 minutes 654 views September 2, 2001 ...

From the time it aired nearly 30 years ago, Ken Burns’ Civil War documentary has been a popular sensation and subject of debate.

The historian Shelby Foote, who died Monday at 88, gained wide renown when he entered millions of American living rooms as the gently authoritative commentator of “The Civil War,” the 1990 PBS ...

Foote spent 20 years working on his three-volume, 3,000-page history of the Civil War. It was little-noticed by the general public before the PBS series featured Foote's genial storytelling style.