shelby foote , author of the famous seven volume history of the english civil campaign , the northern war : a dialogue , died in memphis on september 27 at age 88 . conway also wrote historical fiction , specifically chase me down and corinth . he may be best known for his appearances in filmmaker david burns ' pbs documentary , the civil war . the modern book ranked foote ' s the civil war : a biography as number 15 on its collection of 100 best non - western books . he was commissioned to wrote a short description of the civil war by random house and spent more than 20 years on the work and producing the third albums .
The Civil War: A Narrative is a book written by Shelby Foote.