1707. Kenneth Lewis Roberts, 1885–

Kenneth Roberts is a historical novelist who usually sets his stories in early America (from the pre-Revolutionary period through the War of 1812). Maine, the state in which he lives, or characters from Maine, are often prominent in his books.

1708. Arundel, being the recollections of Steven Nason of Arundel, in the province of Maine, attached to the secret expedition led by Colonel Benedict Arnold against Quebec and later a captain in the Continental Army serving at Valcour Island, Bemis Heights, and Yorktown. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Doran, 1930. 618 p. 30-3872 PZ3.R54263Ar

Sequels: Rabble in Arms and Captain Caution.

1709. Rabble in arms; a chronicle of Arundel and the Burgoyne invasion. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Doran, 1933. 870 p. 33-33263 PZ3.R54263Rab

Sequel: Captain Caution (1934). Preceded by: Arundel.

1710. Northwest passage. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Doran, 1937. 2 v. 37-27401 PS3535.O176N6 1937

The first part recounts the campaigns of Robert Rogers and Rogers’ Rangers against the Indians; the second part is largely the story of Rogers’ search for a northwest passage.

1711. Oliver Wiswell. New York, Doubleday, Doran, 1940. 2 v. 40-36023 PS3535.O176O5 1940

A novel of the American Revolution as seen by a colonial loyalist.

1712. Boon Island. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1956, ©1955. 275 p. 56-5443 PZ3.R54263Bo

The story of a shipwreck, which occurred in the winter of 1710 on a rocky island off the New Hampshire coast, and of the endurance of the survivors who underwent extreme hardships.