Muller, Gilbert H.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Chester Himes.

Examination of Chester Himes as an important American writer whose works have long been overlooked.

Presents a biography of poet and intellectual William Cullen Bryant, describing his arrival in Manhattan and subsequent involvement in political and cultural changes of the early nineteenth century, including work at the "New-York Evening Post, " and influence on the establishment of Central Park and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.