Related Clues:

• They may span decades
• 'War and Peace' and others
• Viking stories
• Continuing dramas
• Typical Michener novels
• Long, long stories
• Epic stories
• Accounts for commander being in ship's hold
• Long, drawn-out tales
• Adventure stories
• Long stories about the deeds of Icelandic or Norwegian heroes
• Stories of special forces capturing US State
• Backing the stories, too
• Stories that may be written down - or up
• Also backing up the stories