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• Historical fiction, American
• Stories, plots, etc.

• Plots and Characters in the Fiction of James Fenimore Cooper, by Warren S. Walker (HTML at James Fenimore Cooper Society)

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• Ring of Fire, ed. by Eric Flint (multiple formats at freedoors.org)
• Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates, by Howard Pyle, ed. by Merle Johnson (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
• Stories of the Old Missions of California, by Charles Franklin Carter (Gutenberg text)
• The house of the seven gables ; and, The snow image and other twice-told tales (Houghton, Mifflin, 1883), by Nathaniel Hawthorne and George Parsons Lathrop (page images at HathiTrust)
• The works of James Branch Cabell. (New York : R.M. McBride, 1927-30., 1927), by James Branch Cabell (page images at HathiTrust)
• American historical fiction. (Scarecrow Press, 1963), by A. T. Dickinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• American historical fiction. (Scarecrow Press, 1958), by A. T. Dickinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ten boys who lived on the road from long ago to now (Ginn, 1895), by Jane Andrews (page images at HathiTrust)
• The victim; a romance of the real Jefferson Davis (D. Appleton and Company, 1914), by Thomas Dixon and J. N. Marchand (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The spirit of the border: a romance of the early settlers in the Ohio valley (A.L. Burt company, 1906), by Zane Grey and J. Watson Davis (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The last trail : a story of early days in the Ohio Valley (A.L. Burt Company, 1909), by Zane Grey, J. Watson Davis, and A.L. Burt Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• The snow-image, The Great stone-face, Little Daffydowndilly (Maynard, Merrill, & co., 1898), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• The snow-image, and other Twice-told tales (Ticknor and Fields, 1861), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tales, sketches, and other papers (Houghton, Mifflin, 1883), by Nathaniel Hawthorne and George Parsons Lathrop (page images at HathiTrust)
• Twice-told tales (Houghton, Mifflin, 1907), by Nathaniel Hawthorne and John Hubert Scott (page images at HathiTrust)
• The snow image and other Twice-told tales. (T.Y. Crowell & company, 1902), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Twice-told tales. (Scott, Foresman and company, 1903), by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Robert W. Bruère, and Robert Herrick (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Tale of the French and Indian Wars. (Published by Dorr & Howland, 1827), by John G. C. Brainard, Charles Griffin, and Dorr & Howland (page images at HathiTrust)
• The vanishing American (New York : Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [1925], 1925), by Zane Grey (page images at HathiTrust)

• Twice-told tales (H. Altemus, 1895), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Twice-told tales (D. McKay, 1890), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)

• Twice-told tales (Boston: James R. Osgood and Co., 1876), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at Florida)
• Twice-told tales (Boston: James R. Osgood and Co., 1876), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at Florida)

• American historical fiction. (Scarecrow Press, 1963), by A. T. Dickinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• American historical fiction. (Scarecrow Press, 1958), by A. T. Dickinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bibliography of historical fiction and biography of the Middle Atlantic States. ([Middle States Council for the Social Studies, 1958), by Middle States Council for the Social Studies (U.S.). Bibliography Committee (page images at HathiTrust)

• Bibliography of historical fiction and biography of the Middle Atlantic States (Middle States Council for the Social Studies, 1963), by Wilifred L. Wright (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Cultural Secrets as Narrative Form: Storytelling in Nineteenth-Century America (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c2004), by Margaret Reid (PDF from Ohio State University Press)
• Telling the Truth: The Theory and Practice of Documentary Fiction (Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, c1986), by Barbara Foley (PDF and EPub with commentary at Cornell Open)
• History and Utopia: A Study of the World View of James Fenimore Cooper, by Allan M. Axelrad (HTML at James Fenimore Cooper Society)
• The novel of democracy in America; a contribution to the study of the progress of democratic ideas in the American novel. (Folcroft Press, 1969), by Alice Jouveau Du Breuil (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ancient Rome in the English novel: a study in English historical fiction, by Randolph Faries (Gutenberg ebook)

• The historical novel : a celebration of the achievements of Herman Wouk (Library of Congress, 1999), by Barbara A. Paulson and Library of Congress (page images at HathiTrust)

• Stories about Dr. Franklin, designed for the instruction and amusement of children. (D.F. Robinson and Co., 1829), by Philemon Canfield, David F. Robinson, and Conn.) D.F. Robinson & Co. (Hartford (page images at HathiTrust)

• Stories from Shakespeare (Educational Publishing Company, 1890), by Mara L. Pratt-Chadwick (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Shaksperian synopses : outlines or arguments of the plays of Shakspere (T.Y. Crowell & Co., 1902), by J. Walker McSpadden and Book Traces Project (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tales from Shakespeare (J.M. Dent & Sons;, 1930), by Charles Lamb, Arthur Rackham, Mary Lamb, and William Shakespeare (page images at HathiTrust)
• Operas every child should know : descriptions of the text and music of some of the most famous masterpieces (Grosset & Dunlap, 1911), by Mary Schell Hoke Bacon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tales from Shakespeare (David McKay company, 1922), by Charles Lamb, Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott, Mary Lamb, and William Shakespeare (page images at HathiTrust)
• Operas that every child should know; descriptions of the text and music of some of the most famous masterpieces (Doubleday, Page & company, 1911), by Mary Schell Hoke Bacon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Operas: their writers and their plots. (J. B. Lippincott & co., 1882), by Fanny E. Carleton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Operatic tales (Ward and Downey, 1889), by F. R. Chesney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Opera stories ... in few words, the stories (divided into acts) of over 100 operas, also portraits of leading singers, and of the managing directors of the Boston opera company, the Metropolitan opera company and the Chicago opera company. (H. L. Mason, 1910), by Henry Lowell Mason (page images at HathiTrust)
• The story of a hundred operas. (F. Mendelsohn, 1915), by Felix Mendelsohn (page images at HathiTrust)
• A guide to modern opera; description & interpretation of the words & music of famous modern operas (Dodd, Mead & company, 1909), by Esther Singleton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stories from the Italian poets : being a summary in prose of the poems of Dante, Pulci, Boiardo, Ariosto and Tasso with comments throughout, occasional passages versified, and critical notices of the lives and genius of the authors (Putnam, 1851), by Leigh Hunt (page images at HathiTrust)
• A book of operas, their histories, their plots, and their music (The Macmillan company, 1919), by Henry Edward Krehbiel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Frog opera, with pollywog chorus : a burletta founded upon the nursery tale and old song of "A frog he would a wooing go." (Providence Press Co., printers to the state, 1873), by Charles Thurber Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Victrola book of the opera; stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records (Victor Talking Machine Company, 1917), by Samuel Holland Rous and Victor Talking Machine Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Operatic tales (Hatch music company, 1903), by Frederic S. Law (page images at HathiTrust)
• The standard operas, their plots, their music, and their composers; a handbook (McClurg, 1888), by George P. Upton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The opera-glass: or, A clear view of 100 popular operas. With an introductory essay; history of Her Majesty's Theatre; singers' first appearance in London; list of operas, dates, composers; and numerous portraits. (D. Bogue, 1881), by Louis Alexander (page images at HathiTrust)
• The standard operaglass; detailed plots of the celebrated operas, with critical and biographical remarks, dates, etc., etc. By Charles Annesley (Brentano's, 1904), by Charles Annesley (page images at HathiTrust)
• The standard operaglass; containing the detailed plots of one hundred and twenty-three celebrated operas, with critical and biographical remarks, dates, etc., etc. By Charles Annesley (Brentano's, 1899), by Charles Annesley (page images at HathiTrust)
• The standard operaglass : detailed plots of one hundred and fifty-five celebrated operas, with critical and biographical remarks, dates, etc. (Brentano's, 1913), by Charles Annesley and James Huneker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wagner, Bayreuth, and the festival plays (Jarrold & sons, 1901), by Frances A. Gerard, Empire Press, and Jarrold and Sons (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Stories of famous operas (Dodd, Mead, 1913), by H. A. Guerber (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stories from Wagner (T. Y. Crowell & co., 1905), by Richard Wagner and J. Walker McSpadden (page images at HathiTrust)
• The opera goers' complete guide; comprising two hundred and nine opera plots with musical numbers and casts (Dodd, Mead & company, 1908), by Leo Melitz and Rudin Salinger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Opera stories... Contains, in few words, the stories (divided into acts) of 174 operas, 6 ballets and one mystery play; also portraits of leading singers (Boston, Mass., 1913), by Henry Lowell Mason (page images at HathiTrust)
• The opera goers' complete guide; comprising two hundred and sixty-eight opera plots with musical numbers and casts (Dodd, Mead and company, 1921), by Leo Melitz, Louise Wallace Hackney, and Rudin Salinger (page images at HathiTrust)
• The standard operas : their plots, their music, and their composers ; a handbook (McClurg, 1903), by George P. Upton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wagner's Tristan und Isolde (Alexander Moring Ltd. ;, 1913), by Wakeling Dry (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Stories of the Wagner operas (Dodd, Mead, 1895), by H. A. Guerber (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stories of the Wagner operas (Dodd, Mead, 1898), by H. A. Guerber (page images at HathiTrust)
• The opera goers' complete guide; comprising two hundred and nine opera plots with musical numbers and casts (Dodd, Mead & company, 1909), by Leo Melitz and Richard Salinger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Descrizione dell'apparato, e degl'intermedi (Per Anton Padouani, 1589), by Bastiano de' Rossi, Antonio Padovani, and Ottavio Rinuccini (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grand opera with a viotrola; containing the stories, the most popular music and the Victor record numbers of Aid̈a, Rigoletto, Faust, II trovatore, Carmen, The Bohemian girl, Tannhaüser, Tales of Hoffman, Lohengrin, Hansel and Gretel, Cavalleria rusticana, Lucia di Lammermoor (D. Appleton and company, 1916), by Albert E. Wier and Victor Talking Machine Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Shakespeare's plots; a study in dramatic construction (G.P. Putnam's sons, 1902), by William Hansell Fleming (page images at HathiTrust)

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