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The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 3: Red River to Appomattox
Contributor(s): Foote, Shelby (Author), Gardner, Grover (Read by)
ISBN: 1504726375     ISBN-13: 9781504726375
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
OUR PRICE:   $62.96  
Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats
Published: April 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- History | Military - General
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.3" W x 7.5" (0.44 lbs)
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Topical - Civil War
 
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Publisher Description:
Here is the final volume of the highly acclaimed narrative history named one of the best nonfiction books of the century by National Review.In The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 3, Shelby Foote follows the events of the war from 1862 through 1864, discussing the strategies of both the North and the South and assessing the performance of the Union generals. The book 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 vivid narrative as seen from both sides, he tells of the climactic struggles, great and small, on and off the field of battle, that finally decided the fate of this nation.The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 3 brings to a close the story of four years of turmoil and strife that altered American life forever.

Contributor Bio(s): Foote, Shelby: -

Shelby Foote (1916-2005) was an American historian and novelist who came from a long line of Mississippians. After attending the University of North Carolina, he served in World War II as a captain of field artillery in the European theater. He wrote six novels and was awarded three Guggenheim Fellowships in the twenty-year course of writing his monumental three-volume history, The Civil War: A Narrative.

Gardner, Grover: -

Grover Gardner is an award-winning narrator with over eight hundred titles to his credit. Named one of the "Best Voices of the Century" and a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, he has won three prestigious Audie Awards, was chosen Narrator of the Year for 2005 by Publishers Weekly, and has earned more than thirty Earphones Awards.