Halbert.PA@PARC-MAXC.ARPA@sri-unix.UUCP (08/31/83)
Several years ago I read "For Want of a Nail" with the subtitle "If Burgoyne had Won at Saratoga" (I think) Unfortunately I cannot remember the author now. It's a detailed account of what would have happened if the American colonies had lost the revolutionary war. Jefferson et al flee to the southwest, form a country, etc. The book was written by a historian , not a science ficton writer, and does not really resemble science fiction. It's a very detailed fictional history. The details occasionally become tedious, but it's interesting reading. --Dan