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The Toy Soldier: Remembering Shelby Foote
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The Toy Soldier: Remembering Shelby Foote

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For those who don’t know, today is an important day for the South, as it marks the 20th anniversary of the passing of our greatest and most beloved historian, Shelby Foote. To express in detail the significance of the contributions he made in his life to the South and her collective memory would be impossible. Yet, Virginia Gentry Magazine could not all…

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I write fiction about people, place, memory, and change. Check out my novel Victory Ruins: https://a.co/d/8pHcoHt
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