Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ431872
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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Afterword: On Fact and Fiction.
Meltzer, Milton
Social Education, v55 n4 p249-52 Apr-May 1991
A historian reviews the process of writing his first historical novel, "Underground Man." Explores parts of the book based on the life of Calvin Fairbank, an abolitionist in Ohio and Kentucky. Delineates historical sources for each chapter, separating fact from fiction. Explains many of the decisions that determined plot and character development. (CH)
Descriptors: Authors, Childrens Literature, Fiction, Primary Sources, Slavery, United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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