The Correspondence of Shelby Foote & Walker Percy

Author: Shelby Foote
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0393317684

The Correspondence of Shelby Foote & Walker Percy

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. Get The Correspondence of Shelby Foote & Walker Percy literature books for free.
Walker Percy, the highly regarded author of The Moviegoer, wrote six novels, two volumes of philosophical writings, and numerous essays. 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. 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. Check The Correspondence of Shelby Foote & Walker Percy our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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