Jordan County - by Shelby Foote (Paperback)

About the Book

The author of the epic Civil War history creates an unforgettable fictional chronicle of seven generations in Jordan County, Mississippi, a place where the traumas of slavery, war and Reconstruction are as tangible as geological formations. "Marvelously exact and positive".--The New Yorker.

Book Synopsis

Here is an unforgettable fictional chronicle of seven generations in Jordan County, Mississippi--a place where the traumas of slavery, war, and Reconstruction are as tangible as geological formations.

Review Quotes

"Mr. Foote's writing is marvelously exact and positive. His attitude toward his people is respectful, and human, as though he had thought about them a great deft and knew too much about them to take them for granted."--The New Yorker

About the Author

Shelby Foote was born on November 7, 1916 in Greenville, Mississippi, and attended school there until he entered the University of North Carolina. During World War II he served as a captain of field artillery but never saw combat. After World War II he worked briefly for the Associated Press in their New York bureau. In 1953 he moved to Memphis, where he lived for the remainder of his life.Foote was the author of six novels: Tournament, Follow Me Down, Love in a Dry Season, Shiloh, Jordan County, and September, September. He is best remembered for his 3-volume history The Civil War: A Narrative, which took twenty years to complete and resulted in his being a featured expert in Ken Burns' acclaimed Civil War documentary. Over the course of his writing career, Foote was also awarded three Guggenheim fellowships.Shelby Foote died in 2005 at the age of 88.