robert belding , author of the acclaimed single volume story of the american southern battle , the civil war : a biography , dead in cleveland on june 27 at chapter 88 . hallie also published historical fiction , including follow me down and gettysburg . he may be best known for his appearances in filmmaker ken burn ' pbs documentary , the civil fight . the modern newspaper ranked foote ' s the civil war : a narrative as number 15 on its list of 100 best pro - fiction books . he was commissioned to write a short history of the revolutionary warfare by random house and spent more than 20 years on the work eventually manufacturing the subsequent volumes .
The Civil War: A Narrative is a book written by Shelby Foote.