William Penn A Biography Author:Harry Emerson Wildes A fresh view of William Penn. — Recently, a storehouse of completely original, previously untapped source material on William was unearthed in the United States, England, and Ireland. Included were more than hundred volumes of scholarly memorabilia; Penns='s extensive personal correspondence and 157 books and pamphlets; and direct research in th... more »e areas where he lived and worked. This material, incorporated in harry Emerson Wildes's comprehensive biography, renders obsolete all other existing biographies, and permits him to draw a human and revealing protrait of a man hitherto almost hidden by myth.« less