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Kenneth Roberts

Born

in Kennebunk, Maine, The United States

December 08, 1885

Died

July 21, 1957

Website

http://kennethlroberts.wordpress.com

Genre

Historical Fiction, History

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Kenneth Lewis Roberts, a noted American, wrote his historical novels, including Northwest Passage (1937), about the colonial period.

Roberts worked first as a then popular nationally known journalist with the Saturday Evening Post from 1919 to 1928. Roberts specialized in regionalist historical fiction. He often wrote about terrain of his native state and also depicted other upper states and scenes of New England. He for example depicts, the main characters in Arundel and Rabble in Arms from Kennebunk, then called Arundel; the main character of Northwest Passage from Kittery, Maine, with friends in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; the main character in Oliver Wiswell from Milton, Massachusetts.

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Average rating: 4.19 · 8,340 ratings · 626 reviews · 96 distinct works • Similar authors

	Northwest Passage 4.19 avg rating — 3,207 ratings — published 1937 — 128 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arundel by Kenneth Roberts, N.C. Wyeth (Illustrator) 4.22 avg rating — 1,774 ratings — published 1930 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rabble in Arms 4.33 avg rating — 1,195 ratings — published 1933 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oliver Wiswell 4.28 avg rating — 508 ratings — published 1940 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lydia Bailey 4.13 avg rating — 487 ratings — published 1940 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lively Lady 4.21 avg rating — 400 ratings — published 1931 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boon Island: Including Contemporary Accounts of the Wreck of the Nottingham Galley 3.88 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 1956 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Captain Caution 3.90 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 1934 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Battle of Cowpens 3.87 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1911 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trending into Maine 3.93 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1938 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Chronicles of Arundel (5 books)
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Kenneth Roberts,

Elio Vittorini (Translator)

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Quotes by Kenneth Roberts (?)

“Misery, in cold truth, is a weight less upon those who undergo it than upon the minds of those who see it; for he who is cold and starving is so busy in his efforts to obtain warmth and food that he has little time for self-pity, and endures his unhappy condition better than those who take it upon themselves to suffer for him.”
― Kenneth Roberts

tags: chapter-xii, oliver-wiswell

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“All of us know history repeats itself, but mighty few of us recognize the repetition until too late.”
― Kenneth Roberts, Oliver Wiswell

tags: history, repetition

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“That's one reason why a civil war is worse than any other sort. When two parties in a given country resort to arms to settle political differences, every man is a potential enemy to every other man, and the distinction between legalized killing and murder is not clearly drawn in the minds of average men, who are incapable of sustained thought. Death is held to be a fitting reward for those who dare hold contrary views, and a nation involved in a civil war is a breeding ground for children reared to look with tolerance on next to nothing but violence.”
― Kenneth Roberts, Oliver Wiswell

tags: consequences, politics, revolutionary-war

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HISTORICAL FICTION POLL "B"
There will be a series of polls to begin putting together a potential reading list for the "historical fiction folder". I have divided the books into groups of 15 books apiece. Make sure to choose your favorite from each poll and make sure to vote in each of these polls so that we can generate a list according to priorities and interests. You will only receive one notification per poll. There will be simultaneous polls so please make sure to vote in each one.

Patrick O'Brian

MASTER AND COMMANDER BY PATRICK O'BRIAN

14 votes, 32.6%

Mark Twain

LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI BY MARK TWAIN

5 votes, 11.6%

Erich Maria Remarque

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT BY ERICH MARIA REMARQUE

5 votes, 11.6%

The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2) by Mary Renault

Mary Renault

THE PERSIAN BOY BY MARY RENAULT

5 votes, 11.6%

Steven Pressfield

THE VIRTUES OF WAR: A NOVEL OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT BY STEVEN PRESSFIELD

4 votes, 9.3%

Steven Pressfield

GATES OF FIRE: AN EPIC NOVEL OF THE BATTLE OF THERMOPYLAE BY STEVEN PRESSFIELD

2 votes, 4.7%

Steven Pressfield

THE AFGHAN CAMPAIGN: A NOVEL BY STEVEN PRESSFIELD

2 votes, 4.7%

Kenneth Roberts

ARUNDEL BY KENNETH ROBERTS

2 votes, 4.7%

Pauline Gedge

THE EAGLE AND THE RAVEN BY PAULINE GEDGE

1 vote, 2.3%

Rosemary Sutcliff

THE EAGLE OF THE NINTH BY ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF

1 vote, 2.3%

Wallace Breem

EAGLE IN THE SNOW BY WALLACE BREEM

1 vote, 2.3%

Robert Louis Stevenson

THE BLACK ARROW BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

1 vote, 2.3%

Steven Pressfield

KILLING ROMMEL: A NOVEL BY STEVEN PRESSFIELD

0 votes, 0.0%

Mary Renault

THE LAST OF THE WINE BY MARY RENAULT

0 votes, 0.0%

Fire from Heaven (Alexander the Great, #1) by Mary Renault

Mary Renault

FIRE FROM HEAVEN BY MARY RENAULT

0 votes, 0.0%

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