More than 200 letters document the fatherly attention and encouragement the legendary editor gave the authors he's most closely linked with in history and myth. The letters center on the acts of writing, editing, and publishing, as well as on the writers' relationship with the Scribner's publishing house and with each other. The correspondence provides insights on how publishing has changed since that golden era of American literature and also corrects the oversimplified image that has survived of Perkins and his function as an editor. Bruccoli has written or edited some 70 volumes about or by Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and Wolfe. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)