Provides 21 activities that kids can do to learn about the diverse man known as Mark Twain

Discusses the life of the popular nineteenth-century author of "Little Women."

A biography of the imaginative, tempestuous author and poet, focusing on his struggles to establish himself in the literary world

A look at the life of the famous author

Provides a brief biography of the noted American writer who was born Samuel Clemens

Before Ralph Waldo Emerson was a great writer, he was a city boy who longed for the broad, open fields and deep, still woods of the country, and then a young man who treasured books, ideas, and people. When he grew up and set out in the world, he wondered, could he build a life around these things he loved? This biography illustrates the rewards of a life well-lived, one built around personal passions: creativity and community, nature and friendship....

"A biography of writer Edgar Allan Poe that describes his era, his major works, and the legacy of his writing"--Provided by publisher

Excerpts from Thoreau's Walden highlight his belief in the inherent value of living life in harmony with nature

A brief biography of the author and college professor whose travels across the United States inspired her to write the poem which became the song "America the Beautiful."