Hart, James D, editor. "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber,'" in The Oxford Companion to American Literature, 5th edition, Oxford University Press, 1983. p. 689.

This volume is an excellent guide to American literature' providing detailed entries on authors, major works, major characters, and aesthetic categories

Howell, John M , editor, Hemingway's African Stories, The Stones, Their Sources, Their Critics, Scribner's, 1969.

This volume provides historical and biographical information surrounding the inspiration for Hemingway's African stones, namely "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" and "The Snows of Kilimanjaro".