[percy-l] foote

Steve Dye sldye at bluegrass.org
Thu Jul 31 13:47:25 EDT 2003


That's a very interesting thought!
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: RHONDA MCDONNELL 
  To: Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion 
  Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 3:08 AM
  Subject: Re: [percy-l] foote


  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?
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Steve Dye 
    To: Jim at AutumnLeavesBandB.com ; Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion 
    Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 10:00 AM
    Subject: Re: [percy-l] foote


    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.
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    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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