The Rivers of America: A Descriptive Bibliography Including Biographies of the Authors, Illustrations, and Editors

by Carol Fitzgerald

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The Rivers of America series, published from 1937-74 in 65 volumes (a river per), had 60 authors, 53 illustrators, and 8 principal editors. Fitzgerald (an independent scholar) includes in her comprehensive metabook a publishing history of the series, profiles of all the publishers, editors' biographies and bibliographies, a list of illustrators for all the volumes, and biographies of the mapmakers. Thereafter are sections on each volume/river detailing information on all its editions and printings, a biography of its author(s) and bibliography of their works, a list of reviews of the volume, and a list of sources for Fitzgerald's entry. Appendices provide, among other things, a publishing chronology, a list of reprints, and an alphabetical list of authors. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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