david foote , author of the influential three episode history of the alabama civil cause , the civil service : a historia , died in memphis on june 27 at time 88 . mather also wrote historical fiction , include follow me down and germantown . he may be best known for his portrayal in filmmaker david burns ' pbs work , the constitutional conflict . the modern society ranked foote ' s the civil war : a chronicle as no 15 on its collection of 100 best non - fiction books . he was commissioned to write a short account of the civil war by random , and spent more than 20 years on the publication eventually producing the three volumes .
The Civil War: A Narrative is a book written by Shelby Foote.