The readers' advisory guide to historical fiction / Jennifer S. Baker.
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- Description
- xvi, 335 pages ; 23 cm.
- Series
- ALA readers' advisory series
- ALA readers' advisory series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contents
- A wall of portraits, a hall of doors -- Talking with historical fiction readers -- Historical fiction by time period -- Historical fiction by place -- Biographical historical fiction -- Historical fiction by subject -- Culture, ethnicity, religion and gender in historical fiction -- Historical fiction and other genres -- Expanding readers' advisory services -- Keeping current, staying relevant -- Appendix A. How to read a novel in just minutes / by Georgine Olson -- Appendix B. Literary historical fiction and classics for book groups -- Appendix C. Form-based readers' advisory : a list of libraries / by Barry Trott.
- Subject
- Fiction in libraries -- United States.
- Libraries -- United States -- Special collections -- Historical fiction.
- Readers' advisory services -- United States.
- Historical fiction -- Bibliography.
- Added Title
- Advisory guide to historical fiction
- Guide to historical fiction
- ISBN
- 9780838911655 (print: softcover: alkaline paper)
- 083891165X (print: softcover: alkaline paper)
- 9780838912461 (epub)
- 083891246X (epub)
- 9780838912454 (pdf)
- 0838912451 (pdf)
- 9780838912478 (kindle)
- 0838912478 (kindle)