Practical Argument: A Text and Anthology (4th Edition) – PDF

About The Author

Laurie G. Kirszner

Dr. Laurie Kirszner is a Professor of English, Emeritus at the University of the Sciences, where she has taught composition, literature, creative writing, and scientific writing, and served as coordinator of the first-year writing program.

During their long collaboration, Dr. Stephen Mandell and Dr. Laurie Kirszner have written a number of best-selling college textbooks including Patterns for College Writing, Writing First, Focus on Writing, Foundations First, and, most recently, Practical Argument.

Stephen R. Mandell

Dr. Stephen Mandell is a bestselling author and a practicing teacher who is well known nationally across the United States. Dr. Mandell, together with co-author Laurie G. Kirszner, has written many bestsellers for nearly every English market. They have the deepest publishing record of any handbook author team and have successfully published up and down the curriculum.