Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Shelby Foote
Born: November 17, 1916
Died: June 27, 2005 (aged 88)
Bio: Shelby Dade Foote, Jr. was an American historian and novelist who wrote The Civil War: A Narrative, a massive, three-volume history of the war.
Known for:
- The Civil War: A Narrative (1986)
- Love in a dry season (1951)
- Stars in their courses (1994)
- September, September (1977)
- Jordan County (1954)