Shelby Foote is a southern...
Shelby Foote is a southern novelist and historian who recently has attracted a great deal of popular attention as the chief commentator in the Public Broadcasting System's monumental series, The Civil War. He recently said that he doesn't understand what the fuss is all about. In his mid-70s, he doesn't see much reason why he should suddenly be a media celebrity. Something in his quiet style and slow easy manner with a story caught the public's attention. He says that it has been more of an annoyance than anything, but the notoriety has at least sold a great many of his books.