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  • Published: 15 November 1995
  • ISBN: 9780679601708
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $45.00

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The companion volume to Stars in Their Courses, this marvelous account of Grant's siege of the Mississippi port of Vicksburg continues Foote's narrative of the great battles of the Civil War--culled from his massive three-volume history--recounting a campaign which Lincoln called "one of the most brilliant in the world."

  • Published: 15 November 1995
  • ISBN: 9780679601708
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $45.00

About the author

Shelby Foote

Although he now makes his home in Memphis, Tennessee, Shelby Foote comes from a long line of Mississippians. He was born in Greenville, Mississippi, and attended school there until he entered the University of North Carolina. During the Second World War, he served in Europe as a captain of field artillery. He has written six novels: Tournament, Follow Me Down, Love in a Dry Season, Shiloh, Jordan County and September, September. While writing The Civil War: A Narrative he was awarded three Guggenheim fellowships.

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