American National Biography
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The American National Biography is a 24 volume set containing approximately 17,400 entries[1] and 20 million words.[2] It was published in 1999 (a Supplement 1 has appeared in 2002) as, according to its preface in Volume 1, the successor to the Dictionary of American Biography which was first published between 1926 and 1937. It is commonly available in the reference sections of United States libraries.
The general editors of American National Biography were John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. It was published by Oxford University Press.
[edit] External links
- American National Biography
- National Endowment for the Humanities, interview of editor John A. Garraty by William R. Ferris
- "Who Counted", New York Times, Jan. 23, 2000 (book review of American National Biography by Richard Brookhiser)
