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Shelby Foote (November 17, 1916 – June 27, 2005) was a noted author and historian of the American Civil War.
Foote was born and raised in Greenville, Mississippi, United States. His ancestor, Richard Foote, came in 1688 from London to Chotank in King George County, Virginia to represent his father's interest in settlement of the Brenttown tract.
Shelby attended the University of North Carolina before entering the United States Army in 1940. He was commissioned a captain of artillery, but lost his commission and was dismissed from the Army in 1944 for using a government vehicle, against regulations, to visit a girlfriend (who later would become his first wife). He later enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, but did not see combat duty.
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Academy of Achievement: Shelby Foote - Biography of and interview with the novelist and historian, discussing his career, influences, works, and philosophy.
C-SPAN Booknotes: Shelby Foote - Transcript, narrated slideshow, and RealVideo streaming of an interview with Foote on the publication of his Stars in Their Courses: The Gettysburg Campaign.
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Live with TAE - Shelby Foote - An interview discussing Foote's research and life in the American South, and his observations on American history, from the January/February 2001 issue of The American Enterprise Magazine.
New York State Writers Institute: Shelby Foote - Biography, short summary of Red River to Appomattox, and streaming audio of Foote talking about his writing.
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Shelby Foote - The Homer of the Old South? - Obituary from Slate.
Meta Description: [ Our nation's obituarists responded to the death of the Civil War historian Shelby Foote on Monday night by splitting, roughly, into two familiar camps: those above and those below the Mason-Dixon line. Foote was universally recognized for his three-volume ]
Shelby Foote, Mississippi Writer - Biography, bibliography, review of Love in a Dry Season, interview, and related links. Provided by the Mississippi Writers and Musicians Project of Starkville (MS) High School.
Meta Description: [ Shelby Foote biography and review of Love in a Dry Season ]
University of North Carolina: Shelby Foote Papers Inventory - Short biography of Foote and description of the collection in the UNC Chapel Hill Library.
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