I haven't read them, but my father's a Civil War buff and he loves Foote's
work.  He keeps the Foote books on a shelf next to Sandburg's _Lincoln_.

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
> 

Marvin Long
Austin, Texas

Nuke the straight capitalist wildebeests for Buddha!

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