Shelby Foote , the historian whose incisive , seasoned commentary -- delivered in a drawl so mellifluous that one critic called it '' molasses over hominy '' -- evoked the Civil War for millions in the 11-hour PBS documentary in 1990 , died on Monday at a Memphis hospital He was 88 and lived in Memphis .
Shelby Foote
Memphis
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Shelby Foote
Memphis
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Memphis
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Shelby Foote
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