مراجعة موقع Amazon.comفي عام 1954، كان شيلبي فوت روائيًا شابًا متعاقدًا على كتابة تاريخ قصير للحرب الأهلية. لكن سرعان ما أصبح واضحًا أنه قام بمشروع طويل الأمد. وبعد عشرين عامًا، أكمل فوت أخيرًا ثلاثيته الضخمة والأساسية عن الحرب بين الولايات. تعتبر كتبه الثلاثة من روائع النثر ذات التوصيفات المفعمة بالحيوية والحركة الجذابة. على الرغم من أن فوت لا يضحي أبدًا بحقيقة ما حدث لولعه بالفن، إلا أن مهاراته كروائي تخدمه جيدًا. ستستغرق قراءة هذه الكتب الثلاثة بعض الوقت، لكنها تستحق الاستثمار - خاصة إذا كنت، مثل فوت، لديك لمسة من التعاطف مع قضية الجنوب الخاسرة. مراجعة"هنا، بالتأكيد، واحدة من أعظم الروايات التاريخية في قرننا، إنجاز فريد ورائع، إنجاز يجب أن يوضع بقوة في مصاف العالم." الماجستير... توليفة مثيرة ومذهلة للتاريخ." -- فان ألين برادلي، شيكاغو ديلي نيوز "سرد كبير وشامل... سيستمر قراءته وتذكره باعتباره كلاسيكيًا من نوعه." -- ريتشارد إن. كيرنت، نيويورك هيرالد تريبيون الحرب الأهلية: قصة من فريدريكسبيرغ إلى ميريديان "هذا إذن هو التاريخ السردي - نوع من التاريخ يعود إلى تقليد أدبي أقدم... الكتابة رائعة... أحد الإنجازات التاريخية والأدبية في عصرنا." -- تي هاري ويليامز، عالم الكتب "وضوح روايات المعارك، وقوة النثر، والشعور القوي بالرجال من الجنرالات إلى الجنود الذين قاموا بالمهمة". القتال، كلها يتحكم فيها إحساس دائم بكيفية حدوث ذلك وما كان يدور حوله. لدى فوت شعور الروائي بالشخصية والموقف، دون أن يفقد احترام المؤرخ الدقيق للحقيقة المسجلة. -- والتر ميليس

The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville (Vintage Civil War Library)

The Civil War, Volume One: Fort Sumter to Perryville

Civil War. 3., Red River to Appomattox : a narrative

by Shelby Foote

Foote, Shelby

Vintage Books, a division of Random House

Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

Random House, Incorporated

Random House AudioBooks

Vintage Civil War library, First Vintage books edition, New York, 1986

Civil war generals, 1, 1st Vintage books ed, New York, 1986

1st Vintage Books ed., New York, New York State, 1986

United States, United States of America

Civil War Trilogy, 3, New York, 1986

1st, First Edition, US, 1986

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

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Bookmarks:
1. (p1) I
1.1. (p2) 1. The Longest Journey
1.2. (p3) 2. Unhappy New Year
1.3. (p4) 3. Death of a Soldier
2. (p5) II
2.1. (p6) 4. The Beleaguered City
2.2. (p7) 5. Stars in their Courses
2.3. (p8) 6. Unvexed to the Sea
3. (p9) III
3.1. (p10) 7. Riot and Resurgence
3.2. (p11) 8. The Center Gives
3.3. (p12) 9. Spring Came on Forever
4. (p13) List of Maps, Bibliographical Note, and Index

theme: United States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865

Bookmarks:
1. (p1) I
1.1. (p2) 1. Prologue-The Opponents
1.2. (p3) 2. First Blood; New Conceptions
1.3. (p4) 3. The Thing Gets Under Way
2. (p5) II
2.1. (p6) 4. War Means Fighting
2.2. (p7) 5. Fighting Means Killing
3. (p8) III
3.1. (p9) 6. The Sun Shines South
3.2. (p10) 7. Two Advances; Two Retreats
3.3. (p11) 8. Last, Best Hope of Earth
4. (p12) List of Maps, Bibliographical Notes, and Index

Twenty years ago, in 1954, novelist Shelby Foote began this monumental work with these words: "It was a Monday in Washington, January 21; Jefferson Davis rose from his seat in the Senate..."
<p>In the third — and last — volume of this vivid history, he brings to a close the story of four years of turmoil and strife which altered American life forever. Here, told in vivid narrative and as seen from both sides, are those climactic struggles, great and small, on and off the field of battle, which finally decided the fate of this nation.</p>
<p>"Red River to Appomattox" opens with the beginning of the two final, major confrontations of the war: Grant against Lee in Virginia, and Sherman pressing Johnston in North Georgia. While the Virginia-Georgia fighting is in progress, Kearsarge sinks the Alabama and Forrest gains new laurels at Brice's Crossroads.</p>
<p>With Grant and Lee deadlocked at Petersburg, Sherman takes Atlanta — assuring Lincoln's reelection, together with the certainty that the war will be fought (not negotiated) to a finish. These events are followed by Hood's bold northward strike through middle Tennessee while Sherman sets out on his march to the sea, to be opposed at its end by the ghost of the Army of Tennessee. Hood is wrecked by Thomas in front of Nashville-the last big battle — and Savannah falls to Sherman, who presents it to Lincoln as a Christmas gift.</p>
<p>Meantime, Early has threatened Washington, Price has toured Missouri, Farragut has damned the torpedoes in Mobile Bay, Forrest has raided Memphis, and Cushing has single-handedly sunk the Albemarle. And Sherman heads north through the Carolinas, burning Columbia en route, while Sheridan ripsthe entrails out of the Shenandoah Valley.</p>
<p>Lincoln's second inaugural sets the seal on these hostilities, invoking "charity for all" on the Eve of Five Forks and the Grant-Lee race for Appomattox. Here is the dust and stench of war, a sort of Twilight of the Gods, with occasional lurid flare-ups, mass desertions, and the queasiness that accompanies the risk of being the last man to die.</p>
<p>Then, penultimately. Lee at Appomattox, the one really shining figure in this last act.Davis's flight south from fallen Richmond overlaps Lincoln's death from Booth's derringer, and his capture at Irwinville comes amid the surrender of the last Confederate armies, east and west of the Mississippi River. The epilogue is Lincoln in his grave: and Davis in his posthumous existence. "Lucifer in Starlight."</p>
<p>So ends a unique achievement — already recognized as one of the finest histories ever fashioned by an American — a narrative of over a million and a half words which recreates on a vast and brilliant canvas the events and personalities of an American epic: The Civil War</p>


<p>Foote's comprehensive history of the Civil War includes three compelling volumes: Fort Sumter to Perryville, Fredericksburg to Meridian, and Red River to Appomattox.
</p>

This first volume of Shelby Foote's classic narrative of the Civil War opens with Jefferson Davis's farewell to the United Senate and ends on the bloody battlefields of Antietam and Perryville, as the full, horrible scope of America's great war becomes clear. Exhaustively researched and masterfully written, Foote's epic account of the Civil War unfolds like a classic novel. Includes maps throughout.'Here, for a certainty, is one of the great historical narratives...a unique and brilliant achievement, one that must be firmly placed in the ranks of the masters.'—Van Allen Bradley, Chicago Daily News'A stunning book full of color, life, character and a new atmosphere of the Civil War, and at the same time a narrative of unflagging power. Eloquent proof that an historian should be a writer above all else.'—Burke Davis'To read this great narrative is to love the nation—to love it through the living knowledge of its mortal division. Whitman, who ultimately knew and loved the bravery and frailty of the soldiers, observed that the real Civil War would never be written and perhaps should not be. For me, Shelby Foote has written it.... This work was done to last forever.'—James M. Cox, Southern Review

The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 1 begins one of the most remarkable works of history ever fashioned. All the great battles are here, of course, from Bull Run through Shiloh, the Seven Days Battles, and Antietam, but so are the smaller ones: Ball's Bluff, Fort Donelson, Pea Ridge, Island Ten, New Orleans, and Monitor versus Merrimac. The word "narrative" is the key to this extraordinary book's incandescence and its truth. The story is told entirely from the point of view of the people involved in it. One learns not only what was happening on all fronts but also how the author discovered it during his years of exhaustive research. This first volume in Shelby Foote's comprehensive history is a must-listen for anyone interested in one of the bloodiest wars in America's history.

Foote's comprehensive history of the Civil War includes three compelling volumes: Fort Sumter to Perryville, Fredericksburg to Meridian, and Red River to Appomattox. Here, for a certainty, is one of the great historical narratives of our century, a unique and brilliant achievement, one that must be firmly placed in the ranks of the masters. Anyone who wants to relive the Civil War will go through this volume with pleasure. Years from now, Foote's monumental narrative most likely will continue to be read and remembered as a classic of its kind

Foote brings to a close the story of four years of turmoil and strife that altered American life forever. The final volume opens with the beginning of the two final, major confrontations of the war: Grant against Lee in Virginia, and Sherman pressing Johnston in North Georgia in 1864. The narrative describes the events and battles from Sherman's March to the Sea to Lincoln's assassination and the surrender of Lee at Appomattox

One of the best histories of the Civil War. Told in a conversational style by Shelby Foote from the Ken Burns PBS series "The Civil War"
A must read for anyone interested in the war, or interested in the United States. If you are not a fan of all things Civil War before you will be after! Shelby Foote keeps your interest like none other, do not miss this classic.

[1] Fort Sumter to Perryville
[2] Fredericksburg to Meridian
[3] Red River to Appomattox.

2025-02-05