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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

American women writers : from colonial times to the present : a
critical reference guide /editor: Taryn Benbow-Pfalzgraf. --2nd ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 1-55862-429-5 (set)— ISBN 1-55862-430-9 (vol.1)— ISBN 1-55862-431-7 (vol.2)—
ISBN 1-55862-432-5 (vol.3)— ISBN 1-55862-433-3 (vol.4)

1. American literature-Women authors-Bio-bibliography
Dictionaries. 2. Women authors, American-Biography Dictionaries.
3. American literature-Women authors Dictionaries. I. Benbow-Pfalzgraf, Taryn

PS147.A42 1999
810.9'9287'03—dc21
[B]

99-43293
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