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An introduction to the life, times, and works of the celebrated 19th-century American author. "A humorist, narrator, and social observer, Mark Twain is unsurpassed in American literature. Best known as the author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain, not unlike his protagonist, Huck, has a restless spirit. He found adventure prospecting for silver in Nevada, navigating steamboats down the Mississippi, and making people laugh around the...

Nineteenth-century America and the world of Samuel L. Clemens, better known as author Mark Twain, come to life as children journey back in time with this history and literature-laden activity book.

"Louisa May Alcott is best known for penning Little Women, but few are aware of the experience that influenced her writing most-her time as a nurse during the Civil War. Caring for soldiers' wounds and writing letters home for them inspired a new realism in her work. When her own letters home were published as Hospital Sketches, she had her first success as a writer. The acclaim for her new writing style inspired her to use this approach in Little...

Mark Twain was known as one of the greatest writers of his time, but what about before that? What happened when Twain was younger? What did he do then that led to his being famous later on? Also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension. Downloadable Teacher Notes available.

An introduction to the life and career of the beloved 19th-century American novelist.

Covers the life of the famed nineteenth-century author from his childhood in Hannibal, Missouri, through his careers as journalist, riverboat pilot, soldier, prospector, and humorist.

A biography of the American writer who, despite an untimely death at twenty-eight, secured a place in literary history for his originality, range, and complexity.

Describes the boyhood of Samuel Clemens in Missouri and how he came to begin a writing career under the pen name Mark Twain.

A biography of nineteenth-century American author Ralph Waldo Emerson describing his childhood and education, his perspectives on theology, philosophy, and nature, and his essays on slavery.

Story of Harriet Beecher Stowe, who opposed slavery so passionately, that she decided to write novels about it, and became the most famous of a renowned family.