Foote, Shelby.

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Birth 1916-11-17
Death 2005-06-27
Americans,
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Shelby Foote was a novelist and historian, who was born in Greenville, Miss., in 1916; attended the University of North Carolina, 1935-1937; served in the Mississippi National Guard and then as field artillery captain in Northern Ireland, 1940-1944; and worked for the Associated Press, 1944-1945. In 1949, "Tournament," his first novel, was published. Foote moved to Memphis in 1954.

From the description of Shelby Foote papers, 1935-1999 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 14121417

Born in Greenville, Mississippi; graduate of University of North Carolina; veteran of World War II with service in U.S. Marine Corps; author of Tournament and other novels and The Civil War : A Narrative, a three volume narrative history of the war.

From the description of Red River to Appomattox / by Shelby Foote. 1974. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 24691056

1916 Born to Shelby Dade and Lillian Rosenstock Foote of Greenville, Miss., 17 November. 1935 1937 Attended University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. 1940 1944 Served first in Mississippi National Guard and then as field artillery captain in Northern Ireland. 1944 1945 Employed for several months by Associated Press in New York. 1945 Served in United States Marine Corps. 1945 1947 Employed by radio station WJPR, Greenville. 1949 First novel, Tournament, published. 1950 Follow Me Down published. 1951 Love in a Dry Season published. 1952 Shiloh! published. 1954 Jordan County: A Landscape in Narrative published. 1955 1960 Awarded three Guggenheim Fellowships. 1958 The Civil War: A Narrative: Fort Sumter to Perryville (Volume I) published. 1963 The Civil War: A Narrative: Fredericksburg to Meridian (Volume II) published. 1963 Guest lecturer, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. 1963 1964 Ford Foundation fellow and playwright-in-residence, Arena Stage, Washington, D.C. 1968 Writer-in-residence, Hollins College, Roanoke, Va. 1974 The Civil War: A Narrative: Red River to Appomattox (Volume III) published. 1978 September September published. 1989 Conversations with Shelby Foote published.

For further biographical information, see Shelby Foote by Helen White and Redding S. Sugg, Jr., (1982).

From the guide to the Shelby Foote Papers (#4038), 1935-1999, (Southern Historical Collection)

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