william foote , author of the acclaimed twin volume narrative of the american civil war , the civil war : a story , died in memphis on december 27 at aged 88 . foote generally wrote historical fiction , both hunt me down and germantown . he will be finest seen for his appearing in filmmaker steve burns ' television documentary , the revolutionary war . the modern library ranked foote ' s the civil war : a memoir as number 15 on its list of 100 best single - fiction books . he was sent to write a short history of the civil code by norfolk place and took more than 20 years on the work first producing the three books .
The Civil War: A Narrative is a book written by Shelby Foote.