In addition to the titles Mar. Wherry suggests about Howells and Haymarket, you might want to consider Gore Vidal's book, about 5 years ago (as I recall) with a strange title, something like United States [ok, I just looked it up and that is the title and the date is 1993]. There's a chapter on Howells, featuring his Haymarket connection. This ch. is a reprint of Vidal's essay in NYRev of Bks, 27 Oct 83. Terry Oggel [log in to unmask]