Actor · Novel
Active 1989–present · Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship, National Humanities Medal, Dos Passos Prize, St. Louis Literary Award, Helmerich Award, Charles Frankel Prize
Shelby Dade Foote Jr. was an American writer and journalist. Although he primarily viewed himself as a novelist, he is now best known for his authorship of The Civil War: A Narrative, a three-volume history of the American Civil War.