john foote , maker of the inaugural three panel history of the american river conflict , the civil war : a fiction , perished in memphis on june 27 at article 88 . burnett further wrote history fiction , including follow me down and shiloh . he may be mostly distinguished for his appearing in filmmaker ken burns ' pbs miniseries , the federal military . the today library ranking derian ' s the civil code : a narrative as at 15 on its list of 100 classic non - fiction publications . he was commissioned to write a narrative story of the cold war by random house and wasted more than 20 dollars on the publication eventually completing the three volumes .
The Civil War: A Narrative is a book written by Shelby Foote.