TY - BOOK AU - Leisy,Ernest Erwin TI - The American historical novel, AV - PS374.H5 L4 U1 - 813.09 PY - 1950///] CY - Norman PB - University of Oklahoma Press KW - American fiction KW - History and criticism KW - Historical fiction, American KW - United States KW - History KW - Fiction KW - Bibliography KW - In literature N1 - Bibliography: p. 219-259; 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 N2 - Traces the evolution of the American historical novel from its beginnings to its maturity at the middle of the 20th century UR - http://www.archive.org/details/americanhistoric00leis UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL6067524M ER -