Famous Authors (Men) by E. F. Harkins

First published in the year 1906, the present book ‘Famous Authors (Men)’ by E. F. Harkins is aimed at providing the readers sketches of some of its American literary heroes. A part of the aim has been to present the social or personal as well as the professional side of the authors. Many of the anecdotes commonly told of well-known novelists are apocryphal or imaginary.