1922. Writer of juvenile fiction and adult romance/adventure stories, Altsheler's serial works cover the French-Indian War, the American Revolution, the Texan War for Independence, the Civil War, the settlement of the west, and World War I. In all, he wrote nearly fifty books and countless short stories for magazines. Altsheler insisted on historical accuracy in his books and in his series of connected romances dealing with the Civil War he made a concerted effort to balance both Northern and Southern points of view. The Tree of Appomattox concludes the Civil War Series begun with The Guns of Bull Run. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.