Quote by: Shelby Foote

I prize the Depression, for instance, because I learned the value of things in the Depression that a way people who don't have to worry about such things never learned to prize it really, I believe.


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Author Bio


  • NameShelby Foote
  • DescriptionNovelist, historian
  • BornNovember 17, 1916
  • DiedJune 27, 2005
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionHistorian; Author; Novelist
  • WorksThe Civil War: A Narrative
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; National Humanities Medal