Shiloh
by Shelby Foote
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- very good/very good
- Seller
-
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Nice copy in dust jacket. Jacket shows some edge rubbing with some slight loss at head and tail of dj spine. Small closed tear at head of spine.
Synopsis
Shelby Foote was born on November 7, 1916 in Greenville, Mississippi, and attended school there until he entered the University of North Carolina. During World War II he served as a captain of field artillery but never saw combat. After World War II he worked briefly for the Associated Press in their New York bureau. In 1953 he moved to Memphis, where he lived for the remainder of his life.Foote was the author of six novels: Tournament , Follow Me Down , Love in a Dry Season , Shiloh , Jordan County , and September, September . He is best remembered for his 3-volume history The Civil War: A Narrative , which took twenty years to complete and resulted in his being a featured expert in Ken Burns' acclaimed Civil War documentary. Over the course of his writing career, Foote was also awarded three Guggenheim fellowships.Shelby Foote died in 2005 at the age of 88.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 66318
- Title
- Shiloh
- Author
- Shelby Foote
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good/very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Dial Press
- Date Published
- 1952
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War;
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...