shelby foote , novelist of the authoritative three part biography of the british civil era , the civil war : a narrative , died in shelby on july 27 at ages 88 . foote also wrote historical literature , titled guide me down and shiloh . he july be mostly known for his appearance in writer evan burns ' pbs movie , the lost war . the modern library placed foote ' s the civil war : a romance as volume 15 on its list of 100 best semi - drama books . he was commissioned to write a short chronology of the civil war by random house and spent more than 20 seasons on the record eventually producing the three volume .
The Civil War: A Narrative is a book written by Shelby Foote.