AMERICAN LIFE WRITING
17th Century: Explorers, Governors, Pilgrims and Captives (1607-1700)
Smith, John (1580-1631) A DESCRIPTION OF NEW ENGLANDBradstreet, Anne (1612-1672) POEMSRowlandson, 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 YORKEdwards, Jonathan (1703-1758) SERMONS OF JONATHAN EDWARDSCole, Nathan (1711-1783) ROYAL PARKS AND GARDENS OF LONDONAshbridge, Elizabeth (1713-1755) QUAKER GREYWoodmason, 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 CAPTIVITYAdams, Abigail and John (1744-1818, 1735-1826) LETTERS OF ABIGAIL ADAMSBurroughs, Stephen (1765-1840) MEMOIRS OF THE NOTORIOUS STEPHEN BURROUGHSBlack Hawk (1767-1838) AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MA-KA-TAI-ME-SHE-KIA-KIAK OR BLACK HAWKKirkland, 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 LEESigourney, Lydia (1791-1865) LETTERS TO YOUNG LADIESEmerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882)ESSAYS AND POEMSClarke Lewis (1840-1896) NARRATIVE OF THE SUFFERINGS OF LEWIS CLARKE Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) SPEECHES & LETTERS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLNFuller, Margaret (1810-1850) MEMOIRS OF MARGARET FULLER OSSOLIBarnum, P. T. (1810-1891) THE LIFE OF P. T. BARNUMFern, 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 DIXIEGoss, Warren (1835-1925) THE SOLDIER'S STORY OF HIS CAPTIVITY AT ANDERSONVILLEWhitman, Walt (1819-1892) COMPLETE PROSE WORKSGrant, Ulysses S.(1822-1885) PERSONAL MEMOIRES OF U.S. GRANTDouglass, Frederick (1817-1895) NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASSLarcom, Lucy (1824-1893) A NEW ENGLAND GIRLHOODCarnegie, 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 GILMANGilman, Charlotte Perkins (1860-1935) OUR ANDROCENTRIC CULTURELondon, Jack (1876-1916) THE ROADAntin, Mary (1881-1949) THE PROMISED LANDBourne, Randolph (1886-1918) THE HANDICAPPED-TRANS NATIONAL AMERICASeidenberg, Roderick (1890-1973) WAR RESISTANCE
Mid 20th Century: Experimental Lives (1920-1960) Stein, Gertrude (1874-1946) THREE LIVESFitzgerald, F Scott (1896-1940) THE CRACK-UPDay, Dorothy (1897-1980) MEMOIRESNin, Anais (1903-1977) WINTER OF ARTIFICEWright, Richard (1908-1960) BLACK BOYAgee, 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 AMERICANGinsberg, Allen (1926- ) KADDISHHouston, 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 FARMKingston, Maxine Hong (1940-) NO NAME WOMANRodriguez, Richard (1944-) HUNGER OF MEMORY - COMPLEXIONDillard, Anne (1945-) AN AMERICAN CHILDHOODBell 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 ENGLANDBradstreet, Anne (1612-1672) POEMSRowlandson, 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 YORKEdwards, Jonathan (1703-1758) SERMONS OF JONATHAN EDWARDSCole, Nathan (1711-1783) ROYAL PARKS AND GARDENS OF LONDONAshbridge, Elizabeth (1713-1755) QUAKER GREYWoodmason, 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 CAPTIVITYAdams, Abigail and John (1744-1818, 1735-1826) LETTERS OF ABIGAIL ADAMSBurroughs, Stephen (1765-1840) MEMOIRS OF THE NOTORIOUS STEPHEN BURROUGHSBlack Hawk (1767-1838) AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MA-KA-TAI-ME-SHE-KIA-KIAK OR BLACK HAWKKirkland, 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 LEESigourney, Lydia (1791-1865) LETTERS TO YOUNG LADIESEmerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882)ESSAYS AND POEMSClarke Lewis (1840-1896) NARRATIVE OF THE SUFFERINGS OF LEWIS CLARKE Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) SPEECHES & LETTERS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLNFuller, Margaret (1810-1850) MEMOIRS OF MARGARET FULLER OSSOLIBarnum, P. T. (1810-1891) THE LIFE OF P. T. BARNUMFern, 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 DIXIEGoss, Warren (1835-1925) THE SOLDIER'S STORY OF HIS CAPTIVITY AT ANDERSONVILLEWhitman, Walt (1819-1892) COMPLETE PROSE WORKSGrant, Ulysses S.(1822-1885) PERSONAL MEMOIRES OF U.S. GRANTDouglass, Frederick (1817-1895) NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASSLarcom, Lucy (1824-1893) A NEW ENGLAND GIRLHOODCarnegie, 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 GILMANGilman, Charlotte Perkins (1860-1935) OUR ANDROCENTRIC CULTURELondon, Jack (1876-1916) THE ROADAntin, Mary (1881-1949) THE PROMISED LANDBourne, Randolph (1886-1918) THE HANDICAPPED-TRANS NATIONAL AMERICASeidenberg, Roderick (1890-1973) WAR RESISTANCE
Mid 20th Century: Experimental Lives (1920-1960) Stein, Gertrude (1874-1946) THREE LIVESFitzgerald, F Scott (1896-1940) THE CRACK-UPDay, Dorothy (1897-1980) MEMOIRESNin, Anais (1903-1977) WINTER OF ARTIFICEWright, Richard (1908-1960) BLACK BOYAgee, 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 AMERICANGinsberg, Allen (1926- ) KADDISHHouston, 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 FARMKingston, Maxine Hong (1940-) NO NAME WOMANRodriguez, Richard (1944-) HUNGER OF MEMORY - COMPLEXIONDillard, Anne (1945-) AN AMERICAN CHILDHOODBell hooks (1953-) TALKING BACK - BLACK IS A WOMAN'S COLOR