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Shelby Foote

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Historian featured in Ken Burns' Civil War documentary who provided human grounding without yearning for the antebellum period despite expectations.

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"For those unaware, the documentary ends with historian Shelby Foote narrating the thoughts of a Confederate veteran by the name of Berry Benson as he imagines the afterlife as a sort of jovial Valhalla between the two armies."
I can't get over how beautiful the ending of The Civil War is. · u/Bradyrulez · ↑179 · 2025-10-28
"If he starts talking about how The American Buffalo made him cry or how Shelby Foote is the best part of Civil War, nod sweetly and ask him which doc you should start with."
"Also after a rewatch i expected to hear Shelby Foote say some terrible things and yearn for attebellum. But the series is very respectful and gave the war a human grounding."
Ken Burns Civil War · u/Grobe859 · ↑32 · 2025-12-18
"Bed: The Civil War by noted lost causer Shelby Foote"
What's everyone reading right now · u/MembershipElegant838 · ↑30 · 2023-10-04
"Also after a rewatch i expected to hear Shelby Foote say some terrible things and yearn for attebellum. But the series is very respectful and gave the war a human grounding."
Ken Burns Civil War · u/Grobe859 · ↑32 · 2025-12-18
"Bed: The Civil War by noted lost causer Shelby Foote"
What's everyone reading right now · u/MembershipElegant838 · ↑30 · 2023-10-04
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