Focuses on this American author's connection with steamboats on the Mississippi River while also presenting a history of the craft.

Before Ralph Waldo Emerson was a great writer, he was a city boy who longed for the broad, open fields and deep, still woods of the country, and then a young man who treasured books, ideas, and people. When he grew up and set out in the world, he wondered, could he build a life around these things he loved? This biography illustrates the rewards of a life well-lived, one built around personal passions: creativity and community, nature and friendship....

This is a biography of the well known nineteenth-century American author whose popular novels, "Little Women" and "Little Men," were based on her own family experiences.

Joel Chandler Harris wrote the famous Uncle Remus stories which were based on folklore he had heard as a boy.

An illustrated biography of young Samuel Clemens, who grew up to be the writer known as Mark Twain.

An interesting and photographic exploration of the life of a famous American author.

Examines the emotionally turbulent life of author and poet Edgar Allan Poe, including his brilliant stories and poems and his many contributions to the literary world.

Traces the life of the well-known author of "Little Women", examining events prior to and following her emergence as a prominent American writer.

Examines the life and work of the nineteenth-century author best known for his poetry and stories of terror, grief, revenge, and death.