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DIED. SHELBY FOOTE, 88, Civil War historian who became a national celebrity--much to his befuddlement--after lending his courtly eloquence, encyclopedic expertise and honeyed Mississippi drawl to 89 appearances in the 1990 Ken Burns TV series on the war; in Memphis, Tenn. He wrote six novels, but his most famous book was a panoramic, three-volume history of the war, written over 20 years with an old-fashioned ink-dipped pen. A crackling storyteller and vivid portraitist, the onetime recluse wowed 40 million viewers of the PBS documentary, garnering critics' kudos and a slew of marriage proposals...
...slashes its way along the California coast for 750 miles. Many scientists believe that after decades of quietude, the pressure on sections of the San Andreas is reaching the point at which something will have to give. Researchers have been rushing to instrument the fault--"setting out traplines," as Ken Hudnut, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), puts it--to catch the faintest movements and seismic mutterings...
...single most famous killing of its century. Combining his expert skills as a longtime cartoonist with a polished narrative drive and a sharp eye for bringing out surprising details, Geary's book reinvigorates this well-worn story with the excitement of a CSI episode and the historicity of a Ken Burns special...
COVER: Photograph by Ken Regan--Camera...
...million people have called the group's toll-free number (1 800 USA-9000) or otherwise shown interest in this good old American mixture of corporate marketing, show-biz glitz and genuine grass-roots spirit. Although that is still a good distance from the final goal, Ken Kragen, the project's Pied Piper, says some $16 million has been raised or pledged to stage the event, and that interest will soon reach a critical mass...