AMERICAN LIFE WRITING
17th Century: Explorers, Governors, Pilgrims and Captives (1607-1700)
Smith, John (1580-1631)A DESCRIPTION OF NEW ENGLAND
Bradstreet, Anne (1612-1672)POEMS
Rowlandson, Mary (1635-1711)A TRUE HISTORY OF THE CAPTIVITY AND RESTORATION OF MRS. MARY ROWLANDSON
Sewall, Samuel (1652-1730)DIARY OF SAMUEL SEWALL
Early 18th Century: Great Awakening, New Individuals (1700-1775) Knight, Sarah Kemble (1666-1727)A JOURNEY FROM BOSTON TO NEW YORK
Edwards, Jonathan (1703-1758)SERMONS OF JONATHAN EDWARDS
Cole, Nathan (1711-1783)ROYAL PARKS AND GARDENS OF LONDON
Ashbridge, Elizabeth (1713-1755) QUAKER GREY
Woodmason, Charles (1720-1776)THE MAMMERS AND MORALS OF THESE WILD PEOPLES
Late 18th Century: National Identities (1776-1837) Filson, John (1734-1820)THE ADVENTURES OF PAT BOONE - THE FIRST HISTORIAN OF KENTUCKY
Allen, Ethan (1738-1789)A NARRATIVE OF COL. ETHAN ALLEN'S CAPTIVITY
Adams, Abigail and John (1744-1818, 1735-1826) LETTERS OF ABIGAIL ADAMS
Burroughs, Stephen (1765-1840)MEMOIRS OF THE NOTORIOUS STEPHEN BURROUGHS
Black Hawk (1767-1838) AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MA-KA-TAI-ME-SHE-KIA-KIAK OR BLACK HAWK
Kirkland, Caroline(1801-1864) A NEW HOME OR LIFE IN THE CLEARINGS
Early 19th Century: Self-Liberators (1836-1865) Lee, Jarena (1783-1849) RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE AND JOURNAL OF MRS. JARENA LEE
Sigourney, Lydia (1791-1865) LETTERS TO YOUNG LADIES
Emerson, Ralph Waldo(1803-1882)ESSAYS AND POEMS
Clarke LewisNARRATIVE OF THE SUFFERINGS OF LEWIS CLARKE
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)SPEECHES & LETTERS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Fuller, Margaret(1810-1850)MEMOIRS OF MARGARET FULLER OSSOLI
Barnum, P. T. (1810-1891)THE LIFE OF P. T. BARNUM
Fern, Fanny (1811-1872)RUTH HALL:A DOMESTIC TALE OF THE PRESENT TIME
Late 19th Century: Survivors and Self-Teachers (1965-1915) Chesnut, Mary Boykin (1823-1886) A DIARY FROM DIXIE
Goss, Warren (1835-1925)THE SOLDIER'S STORY OF HIS CAPTIVITY AT ANDERSONVILLE
Whitman, Walt (1819-1892)COMPLETE PROSE WORKS
Grant, Ulysses S.(1822-1885) PERSONAL MEMOIRES OF U.S. GRANT
Douglass, Frederick(1817-1895)NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Larcom, Lucy (1824-1893)A NEW ENGLAND GIRLHOOD
Carnegie, Andrew(1835-1919)AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ANDREW CARNEGIA
Early 20th Century: Lives in Progress (1900-1935) Muir, John (1838-1914)THE WORLD AND THE UNIVERSITY- LIFE AND LETTERS OF JOHN MUIR GILMAN
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins (1860-1935)OUR ANDROCENTRIC CULTURE
London, Jack (1876-1916)THE ROAD
Antin, Mary (1881-1949)THE PROMISED LAND
Bourne, Randolph (1886-1918)THE HANDICAPPED-TRANS NATIONAL AMERICA
Seidenberg, Roderick (1890-1973)WAR RESISTANCE
Mid 20th Century: Experimental Lives (1920-1960) Stein, Gertrude (1874-1946) THREE LIVES
Fitzgerald, F Scott(1896-1940)THE CRACK-UP
Day, Dorothy (1897-1980) MEMOIRES
Nin, Anais (1903-1977)WINTER OF ARTIFICE
Wright, Richard (1908-1960) BLACK BOY
Agee, James (1909-1955)LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN
Late 20th Century: Quests for Identity (1960-)
Baldwin, James(1924-1990)THE DISCOVERY OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN
Ginsberg, Allen (1926-)KADDISH
Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki (1934-)BEYOND MANZANAR
Momaday, N. Scott (1934-)THE WAY TO RAINY MOUNTAIN AND THE NAMES
Berry, Wendell (1934-) THE MAKING OF A MARGINAL FARM
Kingston, Maxine Hong(1940-)NO NAME WOMAN
Rodriguez, Richard (1944-)HUNGER OF MEMORY - COMPLEXION
Dillard, Anne (1945-)AN AMERICAN CHILDHOOD
Bell hooks (1953-)TALKING BACK - BLACK IS A WOMAN'S COLOR
17th Century: Explorers, Governors, Pilgrims and Captives (1607-1700)
Smith, John (1580-1631)A DESCRIPTION OF NEW ENGLAND
Bradstreet, Anne (1612-1672)POEMS
Rowlandson, Mary (1635-1711)A TRUE HISTORY OF THE CAPTIVITY AND RESTORATION OF MRS. MARY ROWLANDSON
Sewall, Samuel (1652-1730)DIARY OF SAMUEL SEWALL
Early 18th Century: Great Awakening, New Individuals (1700-1775) Knight, Sarah Kemble (1666-1727)A JOURNEY FROM BOSTON TO NEW YORK
Edwards, Jonathan (1703-1758)SERMONS OF JONATHAN EDWARDS
Cole, Nathan (1711-1783)ROYAL PARKS AND GARDENS OF LONDON
Ashbridge, Elizabeth (1713-1755) QUAKER GREY
Woodmason, Charles (1720-1776)THE MAMMERS AND MORALS OF THESE WILD PEOPLES
Late 18th Century: National Identities (1776-1837) Filson, John (1734-1820)THE ADVENTURES OF PAT BOONE - THE FIRST HISTORIAN OF KENTUCKY
Allen, Ethan (1738-1789)A NARRATIVE OF COL. ETHAN ALLEN'S CAPTIVITY
Adams, Abigail and John (1744-1818, 1735-1826) LETTERS OF ABIGAIL ADAMS
Burroughs, Stephen (1765-1840)MEMOIRS OF THE NOTORIOUS STEPHEN BURROUGHS
Black Hawk (1767-1838) AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MA-KA-TAI-ME-SHE-KIA-KIAK OR BLACK HAWK
Kirkland, Caroline(1801-1864) A NEW HOME OR LIFE IN THE CLEARINGS
Early 19th Century: Self-Liberators (1836-1865) Lee, Jarena (1783-1849) RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE AND JOURNAL OF MRS. JARENA LEE
Sigourney, Lydia (1791-1865) LETTERS TO YOUNG LADIES
Emerson, Ralph Waldo(1803-1882)ESSAYS AND POEMS
Clarke LewisNARRATIVE OF THE SUFFERINGS OF LEWIS CLARKE
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)SPEECHES & LETTERS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Fuller, Margaret(1810-1850)MEMOIRS OF MARGARET FULLER OSSOLI
Barnum, P. T. (1810-1891)THE LIFE OF P. T. BARNUM
Fern, Fanny (1811-1872)RUTH HALL:A DOMESTIC TALE OF THE PRESENT TIME
Late 19th Century: Survivors and Self-Teachers (1965-1915) Chesnut, Mary Boykin (1823-1886) A DIARY FROM DIXIE
Goss, Warren (1835-1925)THE SOLDIER'S STORY OF HIS CAPTIVITY AT ANDERSONVILLE
Whitman, Walt (1819-1892)COMPLETE PROSE WORKS
Grant, Ulysses S.(1822-1885) PERSONAL MEMOIRES OF U.S. GRANT
Douglass, Frederick(1817-1895)NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Larcom, Lucy (1824-1893)A NEW ENGLAND GIRLHOOD
Carnegie, Andrew(1835-1919)AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ANDREW CARNEGIA
Early 20th Century: Lives in Progress (1900-1935) Muir, John (1838-1914)THE WORLD AND THE UNIVERSITY- LIFE AND LETTERS OF JOHN MUIR GILMAN
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins (1860-1935)OUR ANDROCENTRIC CULTURE
London, Jack (1876-1916)THE ROAD
Antin, Mary (1881-1949)THE PROMISED LAND
Bourne, Randolph (1886-1918)THE HANDICAPPED-TRANS NATIONAL AMERICA
Seidenberg, Roderick (1890-1973)WAR RESISTANCE
Mid 20th Century: Experimental Lives (1920-1960) Stein, Gertrude (1874-1946) THREE LIVES
Fitzgerald, F Scott(1896-1940)THE CRACK-UP
Day, Dorothy (1897-1980) MEMOIRES
Nin, Anais (1903-1977)WINTER OF ARTIFICE
Wright, Richard (1908-1960) BLACK BOY
Agee, James (1909-1955)LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN
Late 20th Century: Quests for Identity (1960-)
Baldwin, James(1924-1990)THE DISCOVERY OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN
Ginsberg, Allen (1926-)KADDISH
Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki (1934-)BEYOND MANZANAR
Momaday, N. Scott (1934-)THE WAY TO RAINY MOUNTAIN AND THE NAMES
Berry, Wendell (1934-) THE MAKING OF A MARGINAL FARM
Kingston, Maxine Hong(1940-)NO NAME WOMAN
Rodriguez, Richard (1944-)HUNGER OF MEMORY - COMPLEXION
Dillard, Anne (1945-)AN AMERICAN CHILDHOOD
Bell hooks (1953-)TALKING BACK - BLACK IS A WOMAN'S COLOR