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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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