A map of the United States identifying the regions covered by each volume of the 1920 Blue Book, available from the Automobile Blue Book Publishing Company.

Handwritten letters, published art and poetry, and other artifacts are part of this digital exhibit.

Handwritten letters, published art and poetry, and other artifacts are part of this digital exhibit.

Handwritten letters, published art and poetry, and other artifacts are part of this digital exhibit.

Handwritten letters, published art and poetry, and other artifacts are part of this digital exhibit.

Follow Amy Timberlake's steps as she tells about how she wrote the picture book "The Dirty Cowboy." She discusses ideas, drafts, revisions, and publication, and gives helpful hints to aspiring writers along the way.

Dive into the world of Jane Urguhart's creativity by exploring her poetry and fiction. This article, accompanied with excerpts from her published works, manuscripts, and journals, examines the context of and motivation behind her work as...

The literary work of Canadian novelist, essayist and poet Jacques Brault was no doubt influenced by Brault's "involvement in the cultural life of his time" as well as his "great mind," which is reflected in the collection of notebooks,...

Book cover of Masquerades, Tableaux and Drills by Butterick Publishing Company.

Book cover of Uncle Tom's Cabin for Children published in 1852.

This page is part of an online text of a book published in 1929 by Dyer and Martin on the life and work of inventor Thomas Edison. Discusses Edison's role in the development of motion pictures, but be sure to view the rest of the book...

Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 - 6 July 1535), from 1935 Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, author, and statesman who in his lifetime gained a reputation as a leading humanist scholar, and occupied many public offices, including...

Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 - 6 July 1535) was an English lawyer, author, and statesman who in his lifetime gained a reputation as a leading humanist scholar, and occupied many public offices, including Lord Chancellor (1529-1532),...

Published in 1924, the book, "The Story of California from the Earliest Days to the Present," by Henry K. Norton, relates the lives of the Chinese who immigrated to California to participate in the gold rush. He also recounts the...

"This on-line edition of Manfred von Richthofen's 1917 book Der Rote Kampfflieger is based on the English language version originally translated by J. Ellis Barker and published in 1918 under the name The Red Battle Flyer."

Psychologist Lillien Jane Martin (1851-1943) taught high school science after earning her A.B. from Vassar College. She then studied at the University of Gottingen (1894-1898) and became a professor of psychology at Stanford University,...

Adobe home of historian and ethnologist Hubert Howe Bancroft, publisher of many Pacific Coast histories and books on Native American culture.

A well-written review of a recent (2006) book concerning writing and publishing children's literature. Includes information on content, the critic's comments, and purchase information.

A brief article on author Francis Hodgson Burnett, best known for children's books, such as "The Secret Garden" and "A Little Princess." Includes a glimpse of her early childhood in England and move to the U.S., as well as an overview of...

Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a brief biography of Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784 CE), the first African-American to have a book of poetry published.

(1812-1889) English poet that published The Ring and the Book.