american literature

A collection of short stories, poetry, and cartoons for young readers.

Presents Virginia Hamilton's novel "M. C. Higgins, the Great," in which fifteen-year-old M. C. is torn between trying to get his family away and fighting for the home they love as a slag heap, the result of strip mining, creeps closer to his house in the Ohio hills; and includes a selection of related stories, poems, and essays.

A survey of American literature since 1945, featuring excerpted and complete works from such authors as Robert Penn Warren, Arthur Miller, Gwendolyn Brooks,Ursula Le Guin, and many others, and including ten prose and verse selections written in response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the U.S.

A survey of American literature from 1914 to 1945, featuring excerpted and complete works from such authors as Edgar Lee Masters, Amy Lowell, Robert Frost, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Countee Cullen, and many others, and including writings on World War I and its aftermath.

A survey of American literature from 1865 to 1914, featuring excerpted and complete works from such authors as Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Henry James, James Weldon Johnson, and many others, and including a selection of Native American chants and songs.

A selection of American literature drawn from throughout history, beginning in 1820 and continuing through 1865. Includes a time line, color plates, and bibliographies.

A selection of American literature drawn from throughout history, beginning with stories of the creation of the world and continuing through 1820. Includes a time line, color plates, and bibliographies.

A collection of eight critical essays on Thoreau's "Walden" arranged in chronological order of publication.