Reflecting On the Legacy of Shelby Foote
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- Опубліковано 17 лют 2023
- Huger Foote, son of author Shelby Foote, shares memories of his late father. This interview was conducted by historian Gary Adelman on February 10, 2023.
Shelby Foote is best known for his three volume 'The Civil War: A Narrative' book series. - Розваги
Mr Shelby Foote a true southern gentleman.
I could hear him talk all day.
" And I'm a slow writer : five, six hundred words is a good day. That's the reason it took me 20 years to
write those million and a half words of the Civil War." - Shelby Foote
An interview with Mr. Foote described his writing style. He hand wrote every page with a dip pen before typing it out on a manual typewriter (he used an electric one later on as technology progressed, but he never used a word processor. Incredible. (That interview is on YT.)
I loved listening to Shelby Foote. He had a voice that was like no other.
Last night I was having trouble falling asleep so I listened to the 3-hour interview he did with Brian (what’s his name) and his story telling and voice lulled my to sleep.
Foote’s voice had a certain cadence - my roommates and I watched the Civil War religiously.
Not only his voice, but his temperament and civility.
Shelby foote was my favorite civil war speaker.
Awesome insight. Not one of Shelby Foote's interviews is unentertaining or uninformative. He's one of the greatest American historians ever.
Shelby Foote knew the civil war so well that when he spoke about it you swore he must have been there. I LOVED that about him. Stars in their Courses about Gettysburg is my favorite book of his.
Shelby made it real for me. He literally hooked me into reading Civil War books and getting interested in that period of history.
In the 70s, while working on a high school research paper in an unfamiliar and mysterious place - the local university library - I by chance ran across the then recently completed trilogy. I remember opening a volume and being instantly captured by Shelby Foote’s narrative. Eventually pulling myself away from this unexpected treasure and finishing my chores, I never forgot Shelby’s storytelling and the subject. A decade later, I purchased and consumed my own copy of the trilogy. And that cemented a lifelong fascination with the subject and the tragedy of that generation of Americans. Some 40 years later, maybe it’s time to revisit that old friend.
The American Iliad.
Re-read good books. Advice from S. Foote.
"Read much, but not many books." - B. Franklin
The son is really handsome. Practically a Rob Lowe. And yes, I love Shelby's voice and narrations as well, so it's an honor to watch this.
you're right.
I have read Shelby’s three column narrative on the Civil War and it inspired me to visit many of the major battlefields. Shelby’s writing style kept me engrossed because he had the ability to make the historical figures human. It is as if they lived just the day before. As a Canadian roaming all too briefly such places as Shilo, Gettysburg, or Harpers Ferry, it gave me an appreciation for the ordinary soldier struggling to understand his role in a developing nation. I miss the man.
What a wonderful interview. I am my father’s son. So touching. Besides thoroughly enjoying reading his work, hearing his voice in the words is something to treasure.
I love the Ken Burns Civil War series and Shelby Foote was the utmost authority on the Civil War.
A genial fellow Mr Foote’s son. Well spoken, too.
I would LOVE to hear all those unaired interviews with Burns.
I've seen a couple of hours of them. I hate to say it, but without the editing and the context of the series, they're really not that interesting. Now if they were edited and one could hear the interviewer better, they would be pretty fantastic. JMO.
Seems like a very nice young man. And is proud of his Dad.
He's 62. He's not really that young. He just looks astounding for his age.
Yes, amazing.
But then his father always looked rather boyish too.
I am almost through the second book of the trilogy. Is enjoying it immensely.
Mr. Foote was such a good writer he wrote with one hand tied behind his back...
Thank you for this ACHS. I can’t wait to see the museum.
He was the southern equivalent of Bruce Catton
And he balances.out a reading of the history of civil war
He's correct when he says to read the Trilogy starting with page one. So much of that trilogy is explained clearly by beginning at the beginning, and when you hit something that "Taken out of context" would be confusing, but having read from the beginning, it then makes perfect sense
Thank you, this made my heart smile in so many ways.
A small addition to this video, but with his Dad's Trilogy i learned more of the Civil War than most of my readings or travels. Great interview and a job well done
I bought the 3-volume Civil War history by Shelby Foote and a few years later began buying the 14-volume 'de luxe' edition, volume by volume, mostly off Ebay. I eventually had 13 volumes, including the 'Index', the 14th volume. The 13th volume was hard to find at a reasonable price. I got the impression that some party had bulk-bought that 13th volume, and was cashing in by dribbling copies on to the market at exorbitant prices. I finally capitulated and bought the 13th volume for around US$100.
Shelby presented an intelligent analysis of situations & people from a neutral mind. IHe clearly was a Southerner with is beautiful manner of speaking yet discussed history as factual and real to provide stimulating thinking of for the listener or be reader. I have been both to be him and appreciate every moment he enlightened my soul & brain.
This was really enjoyable thank you!
Enjoyed this interview quite a bit, but was hoping he’d sound like his dad.
Why I love Brian Lamb. This interviewer talks for the first 10 minutes, I couldn't continue.
“Society is frivolous, salvation lies in Art which can save us from the complications of living and dying” Shelby Foote
Huger Foote is an interesting man, and as fascinating as he's in dad. I had a supernatural experience, and a famous medium in New Orleans said "I was a in the American Civil War, and I was a Grey coat going through a heavily wooded area and shot by my own nervous troops, and the last man died in the civil War was in the year in 1959, I was born in 1959. I have smoked a Pipe for 40 years and buy my tobacco in Covent Garden, West London . I smoke "Highland Choice."
One for the ages.
Can those interviews be released in total?
Too bad the volume isn't louder.
Is he named after Benjamin Huger? Also he looks great for a 62 year old!
Shelby Foote’s paternal grandfather was named Huger Foote, according to Wikipedia.
he looks just like him actually.
It is rather interesting, and cool, to see Gary Adelman wearing his "George Washington Socks." Doctor George Whitehead
Huger looks younger than me and is twice my age.
Ken Burns documentary on The Civil War, woud have been incomplete and lame without Shelby Foote adding context.
Southern academics have excoriated that show. It makes Lincoln look like another Christ on a holy crusade over slavery. He was anything but, he was a railroad lawyer, bought & paid for to do their bidding. The war was about money like every other war, and competing financial systems. Lincoln behaved like a typical dictator. I watch that documentary now and cringe.
How did he not pick up any of the family accent
I don't think i've ever seen gary be quiet that long before. Haha.
Volume too low!
Boy sure lost his dads wonderful narrative accent
Pity
Jackson Prep 75
Ole miss 81
Still got mine though not as pleasant as Shelby’s
One of the primary purveyors of the Lost Cause Narrative. You can hear Shelby pushing the lost cause narrative on Ken Burns Civil War program.
You have not read the books.
@@nativevirginian8344 I saw his nonsense on Ken Burns Civil War. Why would I read his books of fiction?
Can we all agree that if Shelby Foote lived in the 1850s he’d of owned slaves.
Actually probably not since the vast majority of Southerners did not, apart from the so called "aristocracy" who caused all the trouble, both the war and the economic stagnation and poor education that was the lot of most Southerners, both white and black. The ignorance of most white Southerners, based on reading the diaries of Union soldiers, was quite shocknig to the "invaders" during the war. Foote until late into his life when Burns brought him to the attention of the whole country, was not a wealthy man, nor were his ancestors IIRC. Shelby Foote and his literary legacy remain a national treasure.
@@fatfeline1086 agreed
Yes and he was seemingly completely enamored with Nathan Bedford Forrest
@@lori55555 Yes and also with Abraham Lincoln, check out his graduation talk where he lauds Lincoln its on youtube......quite a character was Shelby, which is why he is still so interesting unlike so many boring peole today
If you had lived in the 1850s, you would have been an utterly different person, as well. You would have held beliefs you currently hold contemptable. Your point is moot.