ALAN BISBORT has authored or coauthored 16 books on history, biography, travel, as well as social and cultural issues. He has worked for the Library of Congress on World War II: A Library of Congress Desk Reference (2007). He is coauthor of The Nation's Library: The Library of Congress (2000), the official guide for the Library's bicentennial, and was a contributor to The Civil War: A Library of Congress Desk Reference (2002).