MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Historian Shelby Foote was buried Thursday under a huge magnolia tree near the graves of Civil War combatants whose exploits he chronicled in one of the best-known books about the ...

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. Foote died Monday night, ...

2001-09-02T12:00:08-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/833/165823-m.jpgMr. Foote conducted a tour of his home. Then, sitting at the desk where he does all his ...

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OXFORD - Critics, authors, publishers and contemporary literature enthusiasts gather at the University of Mississippi March 30-April 1 for the 13th annual Oxford Conference for the Book. This year's ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Historian Shelby Foote was buried Thursday under a huge magnolia tree near the graves of Civil War combatants whose exploits he chronicled in one of the best-known books about the ...

Novelist and historian Shelby Foote, whose Southern storyteller’s touch inspired millions to read his multivolume work on the Civil War, has died. He was 88. Foote died Monday night, his widow, Gwyn, ...