Shelby Foote 1916-2005

06-29-2005, 09:52 AM

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Shelby Foote 1916-2005

Noted on the news that historian Shelby Foote passed away Monday night in Memphis. The PBS Ken Burns series entitled "The Civil War" was largely based on Mr. Foote's three-volume work. A truly fine historian, writer and storyteller.

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