literary collections

Presents fifteen stories, three condensed novels, six poems, and four essays by nineteenth-century American writer Bret Harte, along with a scholarly introduction and explanatory notes.

Contains a collection of stories, poems, and essays that explore American prairies and includes writings by authors that include Georgia O'Keefe, Louise Erdich, and Carl Sandburg.

A collection of stories, essays, and poems from the California coast focusing on life, wildlife, and native people.

Features a collection of poems, stories, and essays that provide a historical look at the Great Lakes and what it is like to live among their plants, animals, landscapes, and weather. Describes encounters with animals, and documents adventures like canoeing and fishing trips. Profiles a variety of states, including Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota, Michigan, and New York, as well as Ontario.

Presents a collection of writing about America from journals, diaries, political documents, religious sermons, and poetry and includes Native American mythology, European settlement writings, and literature from the time when the United States was found.

Introduces major authors and works of American literature from 1865 to contemporary times. Includes biographical sketches of each author.

An anthology of southern literature, containing works by eighty-seven authors writing in a variety of genres; with a selection of vernacular expressions, focusing on the traditions of singing, preaching, and storytelling, some featured on the included audio CD-ROM. Includes brief biographical information about each contributor.

A collection of early American literature from colonial times to the end of the Civil War. Includes selections by Anne Bradstreet, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Emily Dickinson.