<I>This is a&#160;<a href=http://www.eerdmans.com/Pag%20es/About/Books-on-%20Demand.aspx>print on demand</a>&#160;book and is therefore non- returnable.</I><BR /><BR /> Long begins this volume with a discussion of the nature of historical literature and a survey of its important genres: list report story and history. He then focuses on 1 Kings as an example of historical literature first analyzing the book as a whole and then unit-by-unit. The work is enhanced by extensive bibliographies and a glossary of genres and formulas which offers clear thorough definitions with examples.