Gore Vidal describes his entire set of historical accounts as "historical fiction" where most of the facts are true but conversations and other items no one could possibly know had to be invented. I suppose they could be considered non-fiction novel except that Vidal never inserts himself into the story. cdh Chris Hofstader CUNY, BSO, ATG, Odds and Ends email: cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Blog: http://www.blindconfidential.blogspot.com Skype: BlindChristian phone: 727-896-6393 -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Grandma Cindy Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 3:11 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] nonfiction novel Chris, Would you consider Vidal's Burr and 1876 examples of the form? They're what I thought of. G.Cindy To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. __________ NOD32 3162 (20080605) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.