This site from American Public Media offers the opportunity to listen to "A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor" shows and also presents trivia about the show, writings by Keillor, and other related materials.

Read the full text of Jack London's short story "To Build a Fire" for free. With links to other short stories by famous American writers.

List of "Must read," multicultural literature for the adolescent reader. The books are categorized by the culture that they represent and by reading level. An excellent resource for teachers and students alike.

"Verses upon the Burning of our House" (July 10, 1666) is a poem by Anne Bradstreet. She wrote it to express the traumatic loss of her home and most of her material. However, she expands the understanding that God had taken them away in...

A biography of Jean Toomer and links to two editions of his book Cane.

Read the full text of the short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. With links to other short stories and a Short Story of the Day.

First section of a longer discussion on the Age of Johnson. Taken from The Cambridge History of English and American Literature.

A scanned copy of the 1899 publication of American Indians by Frederick Starr, a nonfiction book for children.

Peruse this comprehensive resource to find information regarding American history and culture, such as the arts and literature, from 1900 to 1909. Hyperlinks to additional information.

This is the text of the essay "Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson, the foundation of transcendentalism, a belief system that espouses a non-traditional appreciation of nature. Transcendentalism suggests that the divine, or God, suffuses...

This site describes the role of Elijah Muhammad as the "Messenger of Allah." It includes a picture, a video [20:38] of a rare interview with Muhammad, and a link to one of Elijah Muhammad's books, 100 Answers to the Most Common 100...

Gives biographical information on Ralph Waldo Ellison and his success as the author of "Invisible Man."

A brief look at American poet, Edna St. Vincent Millay, along with a portrait of her painted by Charles Ellis.

Find out what really happened to the brave men who signed the Declaration of Independence. What has been put forth in popular literature is rebutted and explained through rigorous research.

Use this site to explore the literature of the Blackfeet Native Americans.

Brief summary and commentary of the short story "The Enemy," by Pearl S. Buck.

This Library of Congress site provides a brief description of Crane's life as a war correspondent during the Spanish-American War and then provides some excerpts from some of his war correspondences. A bibliography of related works of...

This Crow legend tells about a Sioux woman who married a Crow warrior.

This site contains a biographical description of Virginia Hamilton. There is also a list of her books with a brief description of each

This site provides the online text for "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman.

This resource provides information about William Ellery Channing, including samples of his work.

This Houghton Mifflin site prepared by Elizabeth Ammons is a study site about Francis Ellen Watkins Harper, the 19th century African American author.

Here is a lesson plan on cowboys and cowboy literature. Students are asked to dissect an old cowboy song and point out the elements of old Western dialect. Also, students are asked to get into small groups and point out characteristics...

Louisa Alcott (1832-1888 CE) is said to be a prolific author of books for American girls and is best remembered for Little Women. This site provides a short biography of her.