num_pages: 380
description: American history in fiction is a fascinating and informative field for study, as evidenced by its popularity with the casual reader in library and bookstore, and its increasing use by teachers who recognize that fiction can bring to life for their students a particular period or event in history. Experience with the first edition of this book revealed to the author that its primary value was as a bibliography. Subsequent editions have been tailored to that usage. The basic list consists of novels published from 1917 to 1969. Also added are those authors and titles from the past which have come to be standard names in historical fiction regardless of publication date. A total of 2440 novels casting light on some aspect of American history are classified into natural chronological periods from Colonial days to the beginnings of the Space Age. The brief annotations are designed to place the books in historical perspective rather than to make any critical judgment on the quality or the historical accuracy of the writing. A major change in the Index is introduced for the first time in this edition with the hope that it will be easier and quicker to use. A separate Author-Title Index and a Subject Index are keyed to an entry number assigned to each title in the body of the book.
language: English
title: American Historical Fiction [Third Edition]
titlecomplete: American Historical Fiction [Third Edition]
publisher: Scarecrow Press