american fiction

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on American popular fiction, covering significant writers, including Dan Brown, Tom Clancy, Anne Rice, and others, and novels, such as "The Bourne Identity," "The Horse Whisperer," and "The Silence of the Lambs.".

Contains alphabetically organized entries on classic and contemporary stories, covering writers ranging from Jules Verne to Edgar Rice Burroughs, characters such as James Bond and The Shadow, and themes and topics such as espionage, Arthurian legend, and science fiction.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide biographical and analytical information about 145 American and Canadian fiction writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and their works, each with an annotated bibliography; and includes a glossary of terms and techniques, a time line of author birthdates, and an index.

Contains approximately 750 alphabetically arranged entries that provide plot summaries and critical assessments of 290 books for young adults that received major awards between 1997 and 2001, as well as information about their authors, characters, and settings.

Presents an annotated listing of over three thousand historical fiction books in a variety of genres, set within the United States; organized by time periods, from prehistory through the twentieth century.

Presents novel excerpts and short stories from Harriet Jacobs, Zora Neale Hurston, Gwendolyn Brooks, and others.