I agree regarding hearing (and seeing) Foote, as you can in the Ken Burns
piece. I know a h.s. history teacher who uses parts of the Burns in
teaching the War. She says the students are always most enthralled with
Foote, and will ask about him.
When I read LANCELOT, I see Foote when I imagine Percival--anyone else do
the same?
Enjoyed reading the latest "chat" about Foote. Hey, if anyone
has heard him speak in person or even seen the Ken Burns "Civil War"
series on PBS, he is wonderful to "hear" - for those of us from the
South, he truly is like the neighbor next door or if you are not from the
South, his diction, "accent" etc should be enthralling to you, I would
hope.
Maybe the nicest combination would be to have an audiobook of
his novels, narrated by him. ----- Original Message ----- From:
"Jim Wesson" <gypsyjimmy1 AT yahoo.com> To:
"Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion" <percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org> Sent:
Wednesday, July 30, 2003 10:02 AM Subject: Re: [percy-l]
foote
> hi all, > i am just finishing
Foote's 3 vol. 'Civil War' > never was able to get through even one
third of a CW > book before! Foote makes the reading so
interesting, > informative and enjoyable. >
jim > > > > > > --- Nikkibar AT aol.com wrote: > > Dear
Rhonda, > > > > The Civil War magnum opus is somewhat
daunting and > > certainly time consuming. > > On the
other hand if you're interested in the Civil > > War it is the
definitive > > work on the subject at least for our
generation. > > More to the point so far as > > filling in
the points of interest that one might > > have if you approach
Foote > > mainly from the direction of Percy, I would
suggest > > you sneak up on the Civil War > > by reading
the Foote novel canon, starting with > > Follow Me Down and
then > > deciding where to go from there, ending with > >
September September. > > > > Bear in mind when pursuing
this course that Walker > > and Shelby both were > >
youthful builders of model airplanes. Walker built > > the balsa
and tissue paper type > > which we are told flew like crazy
and were meant to > > fly but his planes had a > > certain
rag tag appearance. Shelby built the other > > type which came in
shaped > > chunks of wood that you glued together and
sanded > > down endlessly, painted with > > dope and glued
on the window labels -- and then hung > > from a light fixture
in > > the bedroom. They looked great but would not fly nor >
> were they meant to. > > Biographers and critics have remarked
that the same > > sort of thing tends to happen in > >
their respective novels. I leave it to you to see if > > you
agree. > > > > Nikki > > > -- >
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