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Essa y .................... Shelby Foote, Memphis, and the Civil War in American Memory by Timothy S. Huebner and Madeleine M. McGrady Although monumental in its own right, [ Burns’s Civil War ] series became, for many Americans, their first introduction to southern writer Shelby Foote. From the book- lined study in his home in Memphis, Tennessee, Foote offered a series of memorable insights into the human side of America’s defining conflict. All told, Foote made eighty- nine appearances in Burns’s program—far more than any other expert—and became an overnight sensation. All photographs courtesy of the Shelby Foote Collection, Rhodes College Archives, unless otherwise noted. Foote reading in his study, March 2, 1978, by George Walker at Gamma. 13 his year marks the twent fi fy- th anniversary of filmmaker Ken Burns’s PBs television series on the American Civil War. In 1990, thirty- nine million viewers tuned in to Burns’s elev en- hour documentary, prompting historian Stephen Ambrose to T joke that “more Americans get their history from Ken Burns than from any other sour1c Although mon e.” umental in its own right, the series became, for many Americans, their first introduction to southern writer Shelby Foote. From the book-
Southern Cultures – University of North Carolina Press
Published: Jan 31, 2016
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