George and Barbara Perkins

Authors and editors.

Selected Works

The American Tradition in Literature
A history and anthology, available in both a two volume complete edition and a shorter, one volume concise edition
The HarperCollins Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature
The most comprehensive single-volume guide to American literature.
The Harper Handbook to Literature
A guide to history, terms, and concepts.

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Our other books together include THE AMERICAN TRADITION IN LITERATURE (12th edition, 2009), and also THE HARPERCOLLINS READER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN LITERATURE, THE HARPER HANDBOOK TO LITERATURE, WOMEN'S WORK, KALEIDOSCOPE: STORIES OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, and CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LITERATURE.

George's solo works include a memoir and history, STONES STAND, WATERS FLOW: A NEW ENGLAND STORY, and RARE DAYS IN LOST VALLEY: THE BELLWETHER UNIVERSITY BOOK OF UNIVERSAL TRUTHS, a novel. In addition to conventional bound formats, both are available as e-books.

To visit these and other Perkins electronic books now available for download to e-book readers, please click on E-BOOKS in the header above.
THE AMERICAN TRADITION IN LITERATURE, 11th edition, volume 1, McGraw-Hill, 2006

THE AMERICAN TRADITION IN LITERATURE, 11th edition, volume II, McGraw-Hill 2006

THE AMERICAN TRADITION IN LITERATURE, 11th edition, concise volume, McGraw-Hill, 2006