Jordan County

While Shelby Foote is best known for his Civil War magnum opus in three volumes, his other works are also worth the reader's time and effort. This book follows in the tradition of his other fiction, basically excerpts from a fictional Mississippi county called Jordan. The book traces seven generatio......more

Shelby Foote's "Jordan County" is quite nice (upgraded on further consideration to four stars after initial three), though one could argue it's a novel in name only. More specifically, it's a novel stitched together with seven new short stories/novellas, tales set in progressively older time periods......more

This is weaker than his novels. In Jordan County we are given vignettes and glimpses of family stories about the people of Jordan County. The stories of some are but a few pages, the stories of others almost a novella. While Foote is great a creating characters so complete you can actually visualize......more

Mr. Foote does not disappoint. The only thing that would make this better would be to hear it read aloud by Mr. Foote himself.......more