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The Historical Novel” an Audio Program from This Goodly Land: Alabama’S Literary Landscape Supplemental Materials for “The Historical Novel” An Audio Program from This Goodly Land: Alabama’s Literary Landscape Program Description Interviewer Maiben Beard and Dr. Bert Hitchcock, Professor emeritus, of the Auburn University Department of English discuss the historical novel. Reading List Overviews and Bibliographies • Butterfield, Herbert. The Historical Novel: An Essay. Cambridge, Eng.: The University Press, 1924. Rpt. Folcroft, Penn.: Folcroft Library Editions, 1971. Rpt. Norwood, Penn.: Norwood Editions, 1975. • Carnes, Mark C., ed. Novel History: Historians and Novelists Confront America’s Past (and Each Other). New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. • Coffey, Rosemary K., and Elizabeth F. Howard. America as Story: Historical Fiction for Middle and Secondary Schools. Chicago: American Library Association, 1997. • Dekker, George. The American Historical Romance. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987. • Dickinson, A. T. American Historical Fiction. New York: Scarecrow Press, 1958. Rpt. New York: Scarecrow Press, 1963. • Henderson, Harry B. Versions of the Past: The Historical Imagination in American Fiction. New York: Oxford University Press, 1974. • Holman, C. Hugh. The Immoderate Past: The Southern Writer and History. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1977. • Leisy, Earnest E. The American Historical Novel. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1950. • Lukács, Georg [György]. The Historical Novel. Trans. Hannah and Stanley Mitchell. London: Merlin Press, 1962. • Matthews, Brander. The Historical Novel and Other Essays. New York: C. Scribner’s Sons, 1901. [An online version of The Historical Novel and Other Essays is available from Google Book Search at http://books.google.com/books?id=wA1bAAAAMAAJ.] • VanMeter, Vandelia L. America in Historical Fiction: A Bibliographic Guide. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1997. Alabama Authors—Nineteenth Century Jeremiah Clemens • Clemens, Jeremiah. Bernard Lile: An Historical Romance, Embracing the Periods of the Texas Revolution and the Mexican War. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1856. [An online version of Bernard Lile is available from Google Book Search at http://books.google.com/books?id=-pMgAAAAMAAJ.] • ---. Mustang Gray: A Romance. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1858. [An online version of Mustang Gray is available from Google Book Search at http://books.google.com/books?id=dZQgAAAAMAAJ.] • ---. The Rivals: A Tale of the Times of Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1859. Rpt. as An American Colonel: A Story of Thrilling Times During the Revolution and the Great Rivalry of Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton. Akron: Wolfe Publishing Co, 1900. [An online version of The Rivals is available from Google Book Search at http://books.google.com/books?id=AhQ3AAAAIAAJ.] • ---. Tobias Wilson: A Tale of the Great Rebellion. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1865. [An online version of Tobias Wilson is available from Google Book Search at http://books.google.com/books?id=xZQgAAAAMAAJ.] T. C. de Leon • de Leon, T. C., and Erwin Ledyard. John Holden, Unionist: A Romance of the Days of Destruction and Reconstruction. St. Paul, Minn.: The Price-McGill Co., 1893. [An online version of John Holden, Unionist is available from Google Book Search at http://books.google.com/books?id=JwYiAAAAMAAJ.] • ---. A Fair Blockade-Breaker. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1891. [An online version of A Fair Blockade-Breaker is available from Google Book Search at http://books.google.com/books?id=FccsAAAAYAAJ.] • ---. Crag-Nest: A Romance of the Days of Sheridan’s Ride. Mobile, Ala.: Gossip Print Co., 1897. [An online version of Crag-Nest is available from Google Book Search at http://books.google.com/books?id=L8csAAAAYAAJ.] • ---. The Pride of the Mercers. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, Co., 1897. • ---. An Innocent Cheat, or, Episodes of the Everlasting Comedy. New York: F. T. Neely, 1898. [An online version of An Innocent Cheat is available from Google Book Search at http://books.google.com/books?id=DscsAAAAYAAJ.] J. H. Ingraham • Ingraham, J. H. Lafitte: The Pirate of the Gulf. New York: Harper, 1836. Rpt. New York: Pollard & Moss, 1888. Rpt. New York: Garrett Press, 1970. Rpt. as Lafitte. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Literature House, 1970. Rpt. Albany, N.Y.: New College and University Press, 1990. [An online version of Lafitte is available from Internet Archive’s American Libraries at http://www.archive.org/details/lafittepirateofg00ingr.] • ---. The Dancing Feather, or, The Amateur Freebooters: A Romance of New York. Boston: George Roberts, 1842. [An online version of The Dancing Feather is available from Google Book Search at http://books.google.com/books?id=mfccAAAAMAAJ.] • ---. The Prince of the House of David, or, Three Years in the Holy City. New York: Pudney & Russell, 1855. Rpt. Boston: Roberts Bros., 1887. Rpt. Philadelphia: H. Altemus, 1897. Rpt. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1908. Rpt. London: Collins, 1948. Rpt. Folcroft, Pa.: Folcroft Library Editions, 1977. [An online version of The Prince of the House of David is available from Google Book Search at http://books.google.com/books?id=fQoZAAAAYAAJ.] • ---. The Pillar of Fire, or, Israel in Bondage. New York: Pudney & Russell, 1859. Rpt. Boston: Roberts Bros., 1887. Rpt. Elgin, Ill.: Cook Pub. Co., 1899. [An online version of The Pillar of Fire is available from Google Book Search at http://books.google.com/books?id=CuVYB6oiLWAC.] • ---. The Throne of David: From the Consecration of the Shepherd of Bethlehem to the Rebellion of Prince Absalom ... Philadelphia: G. G. Evans, 1860. Rpt. Boston: Roberts Bros., 1887. Rpt. Boston: Little, Brown, 1899. [An online version of The Throne of David is available from Wright Google Book Search at http://books.google.com/books?id=q-eAC9cs1agC.] Alabama Authors—Twentieth Century Ace Atkins • Atkins, Ace. White Shadow. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2006. • ---. Wicked City. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2008. • ---. Devil’s Garden. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009. Douglas Fields Bailey • Bailey, Douglas Fields. Devil Make a Third. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1948. Rpt. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1989. Wyatt Blassingame • Blassingame, Wyatt. Live from the Devil. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1959. • ---. The Golden Geyser. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1961. • ---. Halo of Spears. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1962. [An online version of Halo of Spears is available from Internet Archive at http://www.archive.org/details/haloofspears031294mbp.] Arna Bontemps • Bontemps, Arna. Black Thunder. New York: Macmillan, 1936. Rpt. Boston: Beacon Press, 1968. Rpt. Boston: Beacon Press, 1992. • ---. Drums at Dusk. New York: Macmillan, 1939. Rpt. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2009. Joe David Brown • Brown, Joe David. Addie Pray: A Novel. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971. Rpt. as Paper Moon. New York: New American Library, 1973. Rpt. as Paper Moon. New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2002. Carl Carmer • Carmer, Carl. Genesee Fever. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1941. Forrest Carter • Carter, Forrest. The Rebel Outlaw, Josey Wales. Gantt, Ala.: Whippoorwill Publishers, 1973. Rpt. as Gone to Texas. New York: Delacorte Press, 1975. Rpt. as The Outlaw Josey Wales. New York: Dell, 1976. • ---. The Vengeance Trail of Josey Wales. New York: Delacorte Press/Eleanore Friede, 1976. • ---. Watch for Me on the Mountain. New York: Delacorte Press, 1978. Rpt. as Cry Geronimo. New York: Dell, 1980. Lonnie Coleman • Coleman, Lonnie. Beulah Land. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1973. Rpt. New York: Dell, 1980. • ---. Look Away, Beulah Land. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1977. Rpt. New York: Dell Publishing Co., 1984. • ---. The Legacy of Beulah Land. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1980. Rpt. New York: Dell, 1984. Jesse Hill Ford • Ford, Jesse Hill. The Raider. Boston: Little, Brown, 1975. Tom Franklin • Franklin, Tom. Hell at the Breech. New York: William Morrow, 2003. • ---. Smonk, or, Widow Town: Being the Scabrous Adventures of E. O. Smonk & of the Whore Evavangeline in Clarke County, Alabama, Early in the Last Century .... New York: William Morrow, 2006. Ravi Howard • Howard, Ravi. Like Trees, Walking. New York: Amistad, 2007. Mary Johnston • Johnston, Mary. Prisoners of Hope: A Tale of Colonial Virginia. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1898. Rpt. as The Old Dominion. London: Constable, 1899. Rpt. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1926. [An online version of Prisoners of Hope is available from Google Book Search at http://books.google.com/books?id=yOSLiRGEDvcC.] • ---. To Have and To Hold. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1900. Rpt. as By Order of the Company. London: Constable, 1900. Rpt. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1931. Rpt. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1959. Rpt. as To Have and To Hold: A Tale of Providence and Perseverance in Colonial Jamestown. San Antonio, Texas: The Vision Forum, 2006. [An online version of To Have and To Hold is available from Google Book Search at http://books.google.com/books?id=aTs6AAAAMAAJ.] • ---. Lewis Rand. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin, The Riverside Press, 1908. Rpt. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1929. [An online version of Lewis Rand is available from Google Book Search at http://books.google.com/books?id=1yI1AAAAMAAJ.] • ---. The Long Roll. Illus. N. C. Wyeth. Boston, Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin, Riverside Press, 1911. Rpt. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1939. Rpt. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996. [An online version of The Long Roll is available from Google Book Search at http://books.google.com/books?id=lyI1AAAAMAAJ.] •
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