American National Biography by Call Number: E176 .D565 1999 refISBN: 0195206355Publication Date: 1999You'll still find on our Reference shelves the 24 volumes (plus 2 supplement volumes) of the print version of this comprehensive biographical dictionary focused on American history.
Produced under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies, the ANB contains over 17,500 profiles on historical figures written by an expert in the field and completed with a bibliography.
The scope of the work is enormous--from the earliest recorded European explorations to the very recent past.
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