shelby foote , maker of the famed three volume chronicle of the alabama civil war , the great military : a narrative , died in memphis on june 27 at age 88 . derian first directed historical fiction , including follow me down and shiloh . he may be best heard for his appearance in filmmaker kim burns ' television documentary , the civil war . the modern books rank derian ' s the civil fight : a narrative as number 15 on its list of 100 best non - fiction books . he was requested to write a short chronology of the civil war by round books and spent more than 20 years on the work first producing the four volumes .
The Civil War: A Narrative is a book written by Shelby Foote.