Elledge, Scott, E. B. White: A Biography, Norton, 1984.
This comprehensive biography by a Cornell University English professor covers White's personal and professional life.
Gill, Brendan, Here at "The New Yorker," Random House, 1975.
Brendan Gill was a staff writer at The New Yorker for more than forty years. His book provides an inside glimpse of life at the magazine and the famous writers and editors who worked there, including White.
McQuade, Donald, and Robert Atwan, eds., Popular Writing in America: The Interaction of Style and Audience, 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1995.
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