Olin buys selective volumes. Kunitz, Stanley J. and Howard Haycraft, eds. Some 400 of the sketches also include a portrait. Mainiero, Lina, ed. Both a critical guide and book of readable essays providing biographical data for each author, critical consideration of her works, a complete bibliography of primary sources, and a selected secondary bibliography.
Arrangement is alphabetical.
At the front of Volume One, there is a list of the writers included in the complete set. Levernier, James A. and Douglas R. Wilmes, eds. Each writer is discussed in an individual entry that includes primary and secondary bibliographical references, a brief biography, and a critical appraisal of the writer's works and significance. This is an excellent source for information about the lives, careers and works of major American writers. Arranged alphabetically by author from volume one through four.