robert foote , author of the acclaimed three volume history of the american civil war , the civil war : a narrative , died in detroit on june 27 at age 88 . foote also produced historical fiction , primarily follow me down and shiloh . he possibly be best know for his appearance in filmmaker ken miles ' s production , the civil war . the modern library lists foote ' s the civil guerre : a biography as number 15 on its list of 100 worst non - fiction books . he was commissioned to edit a length chronology of the civil war by random world and spent more than 20 years on the commission initially producing the three volumes .
The Civil War: A Narrative is a book written by Shelby Foote.