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Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Publication Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
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....
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Publication Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xix, 747 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This third and final volume crowns and completes [Twain's] work. Like its companion volumes, it chronicles Twain's inner and outer life through a series of daily dictations that go wherever his fancy leads. Created from March 1907 to December 1909, these dictations present Mark Twain at the end of his life: receiving an honorary degree from Oxford University; railing against Theodore Roosevelt; founding numerous clubs; incredulous at an exhibition...
8) Mark Twain
Author
Publication Date
2025.
Language
English
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"Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835, under Halley's Comet, the rambunctious Twain was an early teller of tall tales. He left his home in Missouri at an early age, piloted steamboats on the Mississippi, and arrived in the Nevada Territory during the silver-mining boom. Before long, he had accepted a job at the local newspaper, where he barged into vigorous discourse and debate, hoaxes and hijinks. After moving to San Francisco, he published stories...
Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Publication Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (48 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Language
English
Description
Provides a brief overview of the life and work of author Louisa May Alcott. Describes her childhood in a poor, eccentric home, her work on "Little Women," her gothic collection, and the struggles of being a woman in the literary world. Includes an activity, a glossary, an index, and critical thinking questions.
13) Collected nonfiction: Volume 1 : selections from the autobiography, letters, essays, and speeches
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Publication Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xli, 939 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"...More than 150 texts that showcase the dazzling range of [Mark Twain's] interests and passions, including selected essays, speeches, letters and excerpts from his Autobiography."--Jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Publication Date
c2010
Physical Desc
xxxix, 484 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mark Twain: Man in White brings the legendary author's twilight years vividly to life, offering surprising insights, including an intimate, tender look at his family life. Includes rare and never-published Twain photos, delightful anecdotes, and memorable quotes, including numerous recovered Twainisms.
Publisher
PBS
Publication Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Edgar Allan Poe: buried alive draws on the rich palette of Poe's evocative imagery and sharply drawn plots to tell the real story of the notorious author. Featuring Tony Award-winning actor Denis O'Hare, the film explores the misrepresentations of Poe as an alcoholic madman. It reveals the way in which Poe tapped into what it means to be a human in the modern and sometimes frightening world.
Author
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Publication Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (112 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Language
English
Description
Presents photos, illustrations, and information about the life of writer Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Civil-War-era book "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Discusses her early life, marriage, success and controversy around her novel, and her connection to abolitionists and the Civil War. Includes a timeline, glossary, index, Common Core connection, and resources for further information.
Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Publication Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (48 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Language
English
Description
Provides a brief overview of the life and work of author Mark Twain. Describes how life in the nineteenth century, including the food and fashion, helped shape Twain's growth as a writer. Includes an activity, a glossary, an index, and critical thinking questions.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Publication Date
2014
Physical Desc
xii, 236 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mark Twain is an American icon. We now know him as the author of classics, but in his day he was a controversial satirist and public figure who traveled the world and healed post-Civil War America with his tall tales, witty anecdotes, and humorous but insightful novels and stories. Twain's legacy continues to flourish over 100 years after his death. Mark Twain's America features spectacular examples of Twain memorabilia and period Americana from...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Publication Date
c2012
Physical Desc
xvi, 510 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
An account of the brilliant writer and a fiery social critic Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who became the leading female figure in the transcendentalist movement, wrote a celebrated column of literary and social commentary for Horace Greeley's newspaper, and served as the first foreign correspondent for an American newspaper. Amid all these strivings and achievements, she authored the first great work of American feminism: Woman in the Nineteenth Century....

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