On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Doug Pensinger wrote:
> I just picked up the first of three volumes of Shelby Foote's Civil War
> Narrative. I've read about half of the 75 page prologue (the first book is
> >800 pages) and he writes well. Has anyone on the list read it? Do Foote's
>Southern roots interfere with his objectivity? How would you rate the series?
>
> Doug
Doug, I liked them, although I thought that the third one eventually got
excessively dry. I preferred Bruce Catton's trilogy, on the whole,
although Foote's is probably better written. His objectivity is not,
however, compromised, in my admittedly somewhat biased opinion. I would
say, though, that they're probably only worth your time if you're a
serious Civil War buff, otherwise you're probably better off with _Battle
Cry of Freedom_ which is probably the best one-volume history of the Civil
War.
Gautam
