Writer and editor, with Barbara Perkins, of numerous books. The most recent is AROUND THE WORLD ON THE QE2: THE LAST OF THE GREAT OCEAN LINERS,
Shires Press, http://www.northshire.com
Direct link to book site: http://www.northshire.com/siteinfo/bookinfo/9781605710556/0/

Others include THE AMERICAN TRADITION IN LITERATURE, now in its twelfth edition, the longest-lived and most-imitated American literature textbook, used to date by a couple of million students. Other books, sometimes with others, include THE HARPERCOLLINS ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN LITERATURE, KALEIDOSCOPE: STORIES OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, WOMEN’S WORK, and THE HARPER HANDBOOK TO LITERATURE. STONES STAND, WATERS FLOW is a memoir and history. RARE DAYS IN LOST VALLEY is an academic comedy.