Most libraries collect historical novels, which are read in enormous numbers by library patrons. Unfortunately, traditional cataloging practice and existing reference sources make subject access to most of this material difficult at best. Hartman and Sapp have taken a g...

James Alexander Thom was formerly a U.S. Marine, a newspaper and magazine editor, and a member of the faculty at the Indiana University Journalism School. He is the author of Follow the River, Long Knife, From Sea to Shining Sea, Panther in the Sky (for which he won the...

"For collection development librarians and for anyone interested in the historical fiction genre, this is an essential purchase." - Collection Management"Hooper's annotations are evocative and compelling; within four pages I had seven titles on a list of must get hold o...

Georg Ebers (1837-1898) was a historian and Egyptologist who wrote some of the most vivid historical novels of his time. His classic romances set in Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Holy Land and Medieval Europe have entertained and informed generations of readers.The S...

When Bethany Silverton left the genteel life of Miss Henderson’s School for Young Ladies back in Philadelphia for the raw frontier town of Sweetwater, Montana, she had no idea how much she would enjoy the freedom and danger of this wild country. A conservative pr...

Georg Ebers (1837-1898) was a historian and Egyptologist who wrote some of the most vivid historical novels of his time. His classic romances set in Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Holy Land and Medieval Europe have entertained and informed generations of readers.The E...

Grade 4-7-In 1805 Charleston, Michael, 13, escapes from slavery. After stowing away on a ship bound for Boston, he runs afoul of a sailor who would like to turn him in for reward money. He moves on to Maine, but even there the risk of discovery is high, so he finally he...

*Starred Review* Libraries Unlimited has added another outstanding reader's advisory reference work to its Genreflecting Advisory Series. This new entry covers historical fiction in all its many forms, defining the genre and analyzing its appeal to help librarians bette...

A pretty pioneering suffragette meets a stodgy undertaker in Nowak's charming historical romance debut. Thirtyish spinster and women's rights activist Sarah Donovan moves to 1876 Denver to be a Kansas Pacific telegrapher. After greedy kids shoot the pet dog of two young...

Georg Ebers (1837-1898) was a historian and Egyptologist who wrote some of the most vivid historical novels of his time. His classic romances set in Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Holy Land and Medieval Europe have entertained and informed generations of readers.Cleop...