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The American historical novel,

Author: Ernest Erwin Leisy
Publisher: Norman, University of Oklahoma Press [©1950]
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : State or province government publication : English : [1st ed.]View all editions and formats
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Traces the evolution of the American historical novel from its beginnings to its maturity at the middle of the 20th century.
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Genre/Form: Fiction
Fiction Bibliography
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Leisy, Ernest Erwin, 1887-
American historical novel.
Norman, University of Oklahoma Press [c1950]
(OCoLC)570020662
Material Type: Fiction, Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Ernest Erwin Leisy
OCLC Number: 1045690
Description: x, 280 p. 22 cm.
Contents: Preface --
History vivified --
[pt.] 1. Colonial America --
[ch.] 1. The southern colonies --
[ch.] 2. The New England colonies --
[ch.] 3. The middle colonies --
[pt.] 2. The American Revolution and its aftermath --
[ch.] 1. The New England colonies and Canada --
[ch.] 2. The middle colonies --
[ch.] 3. The warfare beyond the Alleghenies --
[ch.] 4. The naval warfare of the revolution and the War of 1812 --
[ch.] 5. The southern colonies --
[ch.] 6. Shay's rebellion --
[pt.] 3. The westward movement --
[ch.] 1. The Kentucky frontier --
[ch.] 2. The Northwest Territory --
[ch.] 3. The Louisiana Purchase --
[ch.] 4. The fight for Texas --
[ch.] 5. The far west --
[ch.] 6. The slavery issue --
[pt.] 4. The Civil War and Reconstruction --
[ch.] 1. Novels of the Civil War --
[ch.] 2. Novels of the Reconstruction --
[pt.] 5. National expansion --
[ch.] 1. The midwestern frontier --
[ch.] 2. The far west --
[ch.] 3. The southwest --
[ch.] 4. The war with Spain --
Conclusion --
appendix. Additional historical novels.
Responsibility: by Ernest E. Leisy.

Abstract:

Traces the evolution of the American historical novel from its beginnings to its maturity at the middle of the 20th century.

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