Includes an eight-page insert with photographs of the writers chronicling their friendship. Jay Tolson has selected, edited, and annotated the letters of these two remarkable writers to shed light on their relationship and their literary careers. Although they discuss such serious matters as the death of Foote's mother and Percy's battle with cancer, their letters are full of sly humor and good-natured ribbing. This account of the siege of Vicksburg is accurate, interesting, and enlightening. (NovemJune 27, 2005) was an American novelist and a noted historian of the American Civil War, who wrote A Narrative, a massive, three-volume history of the war. Shelby Foote has written a series of 12 books. Shelby Foote is one of the best Civil War historians. Fast and free shipping free returns cash on delivery available on eligible purchase. Most Recommended Books presents the Shelby Foote series written by Shelby Foote. The correspondence between Percy and Foote traces their lives from the beginning of their respective careers, when they were grappling fiercely and openly with their ambitions, artistic doubts, and personal problems. was an American novelist and a noted historian of the American Civil War, writing a massive, three-volume history of the war entitled The Civil War: A Narrative. Buy The Beleaguered City: The Vicksburg Campaign, December 1862-July 1863 by Foote, Shelby online on Amazon.ae at best prices. Shelby Foote met with early success as a novelist, but his reputation today rests more upon his massive three-volume narrative history of the Civil War, and his role as commentator in Ken Burns's documentary The Civil War.

Walker Percy, the highly regarded author of The Moviegoer, wrote six novels, two volumes of philosophical writings, and numerous essays.

In the late 1940s, Walker Percy and Shelby Foote, friends since their teenage years in Greenville, Mississippi, began a correspondence that would last until Percy's death in 1990.

The Beleaguered City by Shelby Foote