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on Page Two:  Early XXth Century Authors - A thru M

on Page Three:  Early XXth Century Authors - N thru Z

on Page Four:  Latter XXth Century Authors - A thru L

on Page Five:  Latter XXth Century Authors - M thru Z

on Page Six:  XX-XXIst Century Authors

Ethnic-American Authors Page

New Mexico Authors Page

Authors of Britain Pages • Authors of France Page

American Poets Pages including The Beats

Spirit of America Bookstore's American Short Stories Pages

Spirit of America Bookstore's Great Books & Great Authors Page
Early English Books Online [est. 1999] - nearly every work published in English between 1473 and 1700
American Literature of The XIXth Century Page
American Literature of The XXth Century Page

Early  American  Authors

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Spirit of America Bookstore's American Transcendentalism Movement Page
"Transcendentalism was the New England movement of the 1830s and 1840s that brought together Romanticism in
literature and social reform in politics. Its partisans argued for the rights of women, the abolition of slavery, and, in some
cases, the socialization of labor and equal distribution of profits. They were America’s first avant-garde."
top of page • short history • primary members • other members •
plays, movies, other media • works about Transcendentalism • links

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Spirit of America Bookstore's
novelist Louisa May Alcott [1832-1888] Page

"My favorite literary heroine is Jo March. It is hard to overstate what she meant to a small, plain girl called Jo,
who had a hot temper and a burning ambition to be a writer." ~~ J.K. Rowling

"The Portable Louisa May Alcott" [2000] Edited by Elizabeth Lennox Keyser contains: 8 short stories; excerpts from 6 novels & novellas; excerpts from memoirs, journals & letters; and a bibliography Kindle Edition from Penguin Books [2000 edition] for $16.99 Penguin Classics 7¾x5¼ pb [7/2000] for $12.98 Penguin Classics pb [7/2000] out of print/used

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Horatio Alger, Jr. [1832-99]
Alger wrote 135 juvenile novels, most of which had the 'rags to riches' storyline.
browse books • Wikipedia

Horatio Alger Society [est. 1961]
Horatio Alger Jr. Foundation [] based in Fort Worth, Texas
"Shine: The Horatio Alger Musical"

"The Collected Works of Horatio Alger: 57 Novels Complete in One Volume (Unexpurgated Edition)" for Kindle [2009] Kindle Edition from Halcyon Classics [7/2009] for $1.99 {sic} Halcyon Press usually does a good job with their 'Complete Works for Kindle'; this one includes 57 novels by Horatio Alger (which they list) but there is no information about the remaining 78 or so books – so the word 'Collected' is important. (And then Halcyon also sells Collected Works of Horatio Alger totalling 58 books in four volumes for the Nook over at Barnes & Noble!)

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{the other/prior} James Baldwin [1841-1925] of Indiana
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baldwin_(editor_and_author)
http://www.mainlesson.com/displayauthor.php?author=baldwin

"The Story of Siegfried" [1882] by James Baldwin, Illustrated by Howard Pyle [1853-1911]

"A Story of The Golden Age of Greek Heroes" [ages 8-12; 1887] by James Baldwin, Illustrated by Howard Pyle [1853-1911] Kindle Edition from Kypros Press [3/2017] for 99’ Kindle Edition from Didactic Press [10/2013] for 99’ CreateSpace 9x6 pb [3/2017] for $5.99 CreateSpace 9x6 pb [2/2017] for $8.99 Palala Press 9¼x6 hardcover [9/2015] for $26.95 Sampson Low/Scribner's Books For Boys hardcover [9/2015] long out of print/scarce

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Edward Bellamy [1850-98]
browse books • Wikipedia

"Looking Backward, 2000-1887" [1888] A young man wakes up in the year 2000, in a socialist utopian America. Bellamy's predictions include credit cards, warehouse clubs, and media delivered to the home by 'cable telephone'. Digireads 8¾x6 pb [2005] for $5.49 BiblioLife 97frac12x6¼ hardcover [8/2008] for $23.99 book entry at Wikipedia

"Alternative America: Henry George, Edward Bellamy, Henry Demarest Lloyd, and The Adversary Tradition" [1983] by John L. Thomas George's "Progress and Poverty", Bellamy's "Looking Backward", and Lloyd's "Wealth Against Commonwealth" each in its turn became an international best-seller, championing a national policy of social reform and speaking out for community values, international peace, and the goals of brotherhood and interdependence Belknap Press 9½x6½ hardcover [1/83] for $49.00

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Ambrose Bierce [1842-1914?]
browse books • browse DVDs • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

online etext of "The Devil's Dictionary" [1911] in .PDF format

"The Best of Ambrose Bierce: Historic Classics of Mystery & Suspense" [1984] contains: "The Monk and The Hangman's Daughter" story [1892]; "Can Such Things Be?" [stories 1893]; "In The Midst of Life" [stories 1898]; "Negligible Tales" [14 stories 1911]; and "The Parenticide Club" [4 stories 1911] Castle Book Sales 9¼x7 hardcover [11/84] out of print/40+ used Castle Book Sales 9¼x7 hardcover [11/84] out of print/used

"The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce" [1970] Compiled by Ernest Jerome Hopkins Bison Books 8x5¼ pb [12/84] for $18.47 Doubleday mass pb [12/84] out of print/used

28-minute Oscar-winning short film, "An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge" [1962] based on the story by Ambrose Bierce

"Old Gringo" [1989] /tt0098022/ starring Gregory Peck as Bierce

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poet William Cullen Bryant [1794-1878]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cullen_Bryant

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Thomas Bulfinch [1796-1867]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bulfinch
http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Bulfinch/e/B000APJVXM/

"Bulfinch's Mythology" [1881] a compilation of his three previous works:
"The Age of Fable: or, Stories of Gods and Heroes" [1855]
"The Age of Chivalry: or, Legends of King Arthur" [1858]
"Legends of Charlemagne: or, Romance of The Middle Ages" [1863]

"Myths For The Millions: Thomas Bulfinch, His America, and His Mythology Book" [] by Marie Sally Cleary

http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Bulfinch%2C+Thomas%2C+1796-1867%22

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Katherine O'Flaherty 'Kate' Chopin [1850-1904]
browse books • IMDb listing • entry at Wikipedia

Louisiana Public Broadcasting produced the documentary "Kate Chopin: A Reawakening" [1998] /tt0918538/
http://www.pbs.org/katechopin/

Her home in Cloutierville, Louisiana was built circa 1810; it was adapted for use as the Bayou Folk Museum in 1979
and designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1993; it burned to the ground in October 2008.

She moved back to St. Louis, Missouri in 1884; the house where she lived the last year of her life was added
to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

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James Fenimore Cooper [1789-1851] Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore

	"The Leatherstocking Tales (Library of America Edition)" [2012] by James Fenimore Cooper, Edited by Blake Nevius Kindle Edition from Library of America/Random House [1985 edition] for $39.98 Library of America 8½x5½ slipcover hardcover set [1/2012] for $54.36
	"The Complete Leatherstocking Tales, 1823-41" [2015] by James Fenimore Cooper Volume I: "The Deerslayer" [1841] and "The Last of The Mohicans" [1826] Ex Fontibus/CreateSpace 9¾x7½ pb [6/2015] for $17.77 Volume II: "The Pathfinder" [1840], "The Pioneers" [1823], and "The Prairie" [1827] Ex Fontibus/CreateSpace 9¾x7½ pb [7/2015] for $19.77
	"The Complete Leatherstocking Tales, 1823-41" for Kindle by James Fenimore Cooper contains five novels: "The Deerslayer" [1841], "The Last of The Mohicans" [1826], "The Pathfinder" [1840], "The Pioneers" [1823], and "The Prairie" [1827] Kindle Edition from O.B.G. Classics [7/2017] for 99’ Kindle Edition from Karpathos Collections [12/2015] for 99’ Kindle Edition from Krill Press [11/2015] for 99’

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Spirit of America Bookstore's
poet Emily Dickinson [1830-86] Page

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Spirit of America Bookstore's
Transcendentalist
Ralph Waldo Emerson [1803-82] Page
top of page • short profile • primary works • other works • works about Ralph Waldo Emerson
Transcendentalism • friends & family • links

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotations Page
at Working Minds Philosophy website

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays and Lectures [1983] Edited by Joel Porte Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [11/83] for $23.10 Ralph Waldo Emerson: Collected Poems and Translations [1994] Edited by literary critic Harold Bloom [1930-2019] & Paul Kane Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [8/94] for $25.55 Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays & Poems [1996] Edited by literary critic Harold Bloom [1930-2019] & Paul Kane Library of America College Editions pb [5/96] for $15.95

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Joel Chandler Harris [1848-1908]
browse books • Wikipedia

	"The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus" [ages 9-12; 1955] by Joel Chandler Harris, compiled by folklorist Richard Chase includes 185 stories Houghton Mifflin 9½x6¼ hardcover [5/2002] for $27.39 Houghton Mifflin 8½x6 hardcover [9/55] out of print/many used Houghton Mifflin hardcover [9/55] out of print/used
	"Brer Rabbit, Uncle Remus and The 'Cornfield Journalist': The Tale of Joel Chandler Harris" [2000] by Walter M. Brasch Mercer Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [10/2000] out of print/many used

more details (stories & history, ebooks, movies & TV, merchandise & brands, other media) are on
Spirit of America Bookstore's 'Uncle Remus' Tales by Joel Chandler Harris Page

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Bret Harte [1836-1902]
browse books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia
Great Lit Online • Gutenberg etexts

Zpub's Bret Harte webpage

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Spirit of America Bookstore's
Nathaniel Hawthorne [1804-64] Page
top of page • short profile • primary works • other works • movies, plays, other media •
Kindle Editions • works about Nathaniel Hawthorne • Transcendentalism • family & friends • links

Nathaniel Hawthorne Society [est. 1974]

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Lafcadio Hearn [1850-1904]
browse books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

ST's Lafcadio Hearn fansite

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Spirit of America Bookstore's
O. Henry {Wm. S. Porter 1862-1910} Pages
top of page 1 | short profile | original collections | later collections | Kindle Editions | links
top of page 2 | single-story books | works about O. Henry | plays, audio, other media | movies & TV
O. Henry's "The Gift of The Magi" Page

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Elbert G. Hubbard [1859-1915] Page
at Maison d'Κtre Philosophy Bookstore
top of page • short profile • major works • 'Little Journeys' Series • other works, other media •
works about Elbert Hubbard • The Roycrofter Movement • friends & family • links

Roycrofters official website
epigrams of Elbert Hubbard

Elbert G. Hubbard Quotations Page at Working Minds

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Washington Irving [1783-1859]
America's first genuine internationally best-selling author
browse books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Museum of Washington Irving website [est. 2007]
Washington Irving Inn [built circa 1890] in Hunter, NY

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Henry James [1843-1916]
"It is the business of the artist to make humanity aware of itself. [In the work of Henry James]
the thing was done." — Ezra Pound

excellent 1-volume Henry James bio [] by Leon Edel

"Watch and Ward" [1871 novel]
"Roderick Hudson" [1875 novel]
"The American" [1877 novel]
"The Europeans" [1878 novel]
"Confidence" [1879 novel]
"Washington Square" [1880 novel]

"The Portrait of a Lady" [1881 masterpiece]
"Portrait of A Novel: Henry James and The Making of An American Masterpiece" [] by Michael Gorra

"The Bostonians" [1886 novel]
"The Princess Casamassima" [1886 novel]
"The Reverberator" [1888 novel]
"The Tragic Muse" [1890 novel]
"The Other House" [1896 novel]
"The Spoils of Poynton" [1897 novel]

"What Maisie Knew" [1897 novel]
Announced 9/2012: Domestic distribution rights acquired by Millennium Entertainment (at TIFF); film set in current-day New York chronicles
the falling-apart of a family as seen through the eyes of a six-year-old girl who watches the grown-ups around her behave like children; directed by
Scott McGehee & David Siegel; starring Onata Aprile {title role}, Alexander Skarsgard, Julianne Moore & Steve Coogan • latest info at IMDb

"The Awkward Age" [1899 novel]
"The Sacred Fount" [1901 novel]
"The Wings of the Dove" [1902 novel]
"The Ambassadors" [1903 novel]
"The Golden Bowl" [1904 novel]
"The Whole Family" [collaborative novel with eleven other authors, 1908]
"The Outcry" [1911 novel]
"The Ivory Tower" [unfinished novel, published posthumously 1917]
"The Sense of the Past" [unfinished novel, published posthumously 1917]

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Sarah Orne Jewett [1849-1909]
browse books • entry at Wikipedia

"The Best Stories of Sarah Orne Jewett" 2-volume edition [1924] 36 stories Selected and Arranged with a Preface by Willa Cather 642-page Forgotten Books 9x6 pb [2/2017] for $19.57 Peter Smith single-volume hardcover [1965] out of print/used Houghton Mifflin hardcover [6/1925] long out of print/used Houghton Mifflin hardcover [1924] 2 volumes in slipcase - long out of print/scarce modern extract: "Best Stories of Sarah Orne Jewett" [17 stories 1987] 282-page Yankee Books 9x6 pb [4/87] out of print/used

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William Sloane Kennedy []
browse books • no entry at Wikipedia (2019)

"Wonders and Curiosities of The Railway: Stories of The Locomotive In Every Land" [1884] by Wm. Sloane Kennedy Kessinger Publng 9x6 pb [9/2010] for $22.36 Palala Press 9¼x6 hardcover [4/2016] for $25.95 S.C. Griggs & Co. hardcover [1884] long out of print/used available as free online etext at Internet Archive

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Gen. Charles King [1844-1933] Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore
He wrote 280 short stories & articles and over 60 novels, mostly in the military and Western genres.

"Border Adventures: 11 Novels (Annotated)" for Kindle [2016] by Charles King, Foreword by V.A. Ren includes eleven public domain novels: "A Daughter of The Sioux" []; "A War-Time Wooing" []; "A Wounded Name" []; "An Apache Princess" []; "The Deserter" []; "Foes In Ambush" []; "Lanier of The Cavalry" []; "Laramie" []; "Marion's Faith" []; "Sunset Pass" []; and "Tonio, Son of The Sierras" [] Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [2/2016] for 99’

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow [1807-82]
browse books • entry at Wikipedia

"The Complete Works of Henry W. Longfellow" for Kindle [2014] Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [7/2014] for 99’ The Complete Poetry section includes: "Ballads and Other Poems"; "The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems"; "Birds of Passage"; "Christus: A Mystery"; "The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems"; "Earlier Poems"; "Evangeline: A Tale of Acadia"; "Flower-de-Luce"; "Fragments"; "In The Harbor"; "Judas Maccabζus: A Poetic Drama"; "Juvenile Poems"; "Kιramos and Other Poems"; "The Masque of Pandora and Other Poems"; "Michel Angelo: A Fragment"; "Poems On Slavery"; "The Seaside and The Fireside"; "The Song of Hiawatha"; "Songs and Sonnets"; "The Spanish Student: A Poetic Drama"; "Tales of A Wayside Inn (with 'Paul Revere's Ride'); "Ultima Thule"; and "Voices of The Night"; plus Translations, two novels ("Hyperion: A Romance" and "Kavanagh"), and travel writings ("Outre-mer: A Pilgrimage Beyond The Sea")

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Francis Lynde [1856-1930]
wrote short stories and railroad fiction, Western fiction & pirate fiction
browse books • credits [1914-21] at IMDb • no entry at Wikipedia
17 online etexts of books by Francis Lynde at Project Gutenberg

	"Cripple Creek, 1900: A Colorado Mining Camp - An Eyewitness Account" [Scribner 1900] by Francis Lynde Outbooks 20-page pamphlet [1987] out of print/scarce Outbooks 20-page pamphlet [1976] out of print/scarce
	"The King of Arcadia" [C. Scribner's Sons 1909] by Francis Lynde Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [3/2011] for FREE {sic} Kindle Edition with illustrations from Amazon Digital Services [6/2012] for $2.99 CreateSpace 9x6 pb [12/2014] for $6.00 BiblioBazaar 8¾x5¾ pb [7/2009] for $25.99 BiblioLife 9¼x6 hardcover [7/2009] for $35.99 available as free online etexts at Gutenberg Project
	"The Taming of Red Butte Western" railroad novel [1910] by Francis Lynde Dishonest men control operation of the Red Butte Western Railroad; the owner hires Howard Lidgerwood to go out West and straighten things out. Kindle Edition 1916 facsimile from Amazon Digital Services [5/2012] for FREE {sic} CreateSpace pb [11/2014] for $7.12 Echo Library 9x6 pb [5/2007] for $11.90 Kessinger Publng 9x6 hardcover [9/2010] for $37.40
	"The Essential Francis Lynde Collection (9 Books)" for Kindle [2009] Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [8/2009] for $3.99 includes nine novels: "A Fool For Love", "Branded", "Empire Builders", "The Grafters", "The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush", "The Master of Appleby", "The Price", "The Quickening", and "The Taming of Red Butte Western"
	"The {Mis-named} Complete Works of Francis Lynde (12 Complete Works)" for Kindle [2015] Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [2/2015] for $2.99 {sic} includes 12 novels: "A Fool For Love", "A Romance In Transit", "Branded", "Empire Builders", "The Grafters", "The King of Arcadia", "The Master of Appleby", "The Price", "The Quickening", "Stranded In Arcady", "The Taming of Red Butte Western", and "The Wreckers"

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Spirit of America Bookstore's
Herman Melville [1819-91] Page

Herman Melville: "Typee", "Omoo", "Mardi" [1982] Edited by G. Thomas Tanselle Library of America 8¼x5¼ hardcover [5/82] for $30.97 includes South Pacific tales "Typee" [1846], "Omoo" [1847] and "Mardi" [1849] Herman Melville: "Redburn", "White-Jacket", "Moby-Dick" [1983] Edited by G. Thomas Tanselle Library of America 8¼x5¼ hardcover [4/83] for $30.67 includes Atlantic sea tales "Redburn" [1849], "White-Jacket" [1850] and "Moby-Dick, or The Whale" [1851] Herman Melville: "Pierre", "Israel Potter", "The Piazza Tales", "The Confidence-Man", "Billy Budd", Uncollected Prose [1985] Edited by G. Thomas Tanselle Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [4/85] for $31.50 includes "Pierre" [1852], "Israel Potter" [1856], "The Piazza Tales" [1856], "The Confidence-Man" [1857], and "Billy Budd, Sailor" [1924] Herman Melville: "Moby Dick", "Billy Budd" and Other Writings [2000] Edited by G. Thomas Tanselle Library of America College Editions 8x5 pb [8/2000] out of print/used includes "Moby-Dick" [1851], "Billy Budd, Sailor" [1924], stories "Bartleby, The Scrivener" & "The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles" [1856], an essay on Hawthorne, and 21 poems

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Spirit of America Bookstore's
Frank Norris [1870-1902] Page
top of page • short profile • primary works • movies, plays, other media
works about Frank Norris • family & friends • links

"Norris: Novels and Essays" [1986] Edited by Donald Pizer Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [10/86] for $26.98 includes "McTeague" [1899], "The Octopus" [1901], "Vandover and The Brute" [1914], and 22 essays

Frank Norris's novel "McTeague" [1899] was the basis for Erich von Stroheim's
lost 40-reel silent film masterpiece "Greed"
more details on the von Stroheim's "Greed" 1924 Movie Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store

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Edgar Wilson 'Bill' Nye [1850-96]
longtime Wyoming newspaper publisher, successful humorist
browse books • Wikipedia

"The Complete Works of Bill Nye (Edgar Wilson Nye) - Six Books With Illustrations" [2016] Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [12/2016] for $2.99 contains "Bill Nye's Comic History of England", "Comic History of The United States", "Cordwood" [1887], "A Guest At The Ludlow and Other Stories" [1896], "Nye and Riley's Wit And Humor (Poems & Yarns)", and "Remarks" [1891]

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George W. Peck [1840-1916]
longtime Wisconsin newspaper publisher, Mayor of Milwaukee 1890, Governor of Wisconsin 1891-95,
and author of the "Peck's Bad Boy" novels, 1879-1908
browse books • CS's G.W. Peck fansite • IMDb listing (1908-59) • Wikipedia

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Spirit of America Bookstore's
Edgar Allan Poe [1809-49] Page
top of page • short profile • primary works • other works • plays, other media • movies & TV
Kindle Editions • works about Edgar Allan Poe • family & friends • links

	Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales [1984] Edited by Patrick F. Quinn Library of America 8¼x5¼ hardcover [8/84] for $24.75 Edgar Allan Poe: Essays and Reviews [1984] Edited by G. R. Thompson Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [8/84] for $31.50 Poe: Poetry, Tales & Selected Essays [1996] Edited by Patrick F. Quinn & G. R. Thompson Library of America College Editions 7¾x5 pb [10/96] for $16.10
	"Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe" [1966] Doubleday 8¼x5¾ hardcover [8/84] for $16.47 Doubleday hardcover [1/66] out of print/many used

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Spirit of America Bookstore's
author-illustrator Howard Pyle [1853-1911] Page

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(Thomas) Mayne Reid [1818-83]
browse books • IMDb listing {two titles} • Wikipedia
Mayne Reid etexts online {over 50} at Project Gutenberg
online etext works {140+ items} by or about Thomas Mayne Reid at Internet Archive

	"The Essential Mayne Reid Collection (20 books, Illustrated)" for Kindle [2009] Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [4/2009] for $1.99 Contains twenty complete novels, 'with 10 unique illustrations': "The Boy Hunters", "The Boy Slaves", "The Boy Tar" †, "Bruin: The Grand Bear Hunt" †, "The Bush Boys" †, "The Castaways", "The Cliff Climbers", "The Death Shot", "The Desert Home", "The Flag of Distress", "The Forest Exiles" †, "The Free Lances" †, "Gaspar The Gaucho" †, "The Giraffe Hunters", "The Hunters' Feast" †, "The Land of Fire" †, "The Lone Ranche" {sic} †, "Ran Away To Sea" †, "The War Trail", and "The White Chief" † • the † symbol signifies not in the Kindle 'Works' edition below
	"The Works of Mayne Reid: 29 Novels" for Kindle [2013] Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [2/2013] for $2.99 Contains twenty-nine complete novels, with illustrations (count not specified): "Afloat In The Forest" ‡, "The Bando-lero" ‡, "The Boy Hunters", "The Boy Slaves", "The Castaways", "The Child Wife" †, "The Cliff Climbers", "The Death Shot", "The Desert Home", "The Fatal Cord" ‡, "The Finger of Fate" †, "The Flag of Distress", "The Giraffe Hunters", "The Guerilla Chief" †, "Gwen Wynn" †, "The Headless Horseman" †, "The Lost Mountain" †, "The Maroon" ‡, "The Ocean Waifs" †, "Osceola The Seminole" ‡, "The Scalp Hunters" †, "The Tiger Hunter" †, "The Vee-Boers" †, "The War Trail", "The White Squaw" †, "The Wild Huntress" †, "Wood Rangers" †, "The Young Voyageurs" †, and "The Young Yagers" † • the † symbol signifies not in Kindle 'Essential' edition above • the ‡ symbol signifies not in either Kindle 'Essential' edition above or in Kindle 'Collected Works' set below
	"Collected Works of Captain Mayne Reid, Volume 1" for Kindle [2014] Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [7/2014] for $2.99 Contains ten complete novels, 'with 50 illustrations': "The Boy Hunters", "The Boy Slaves", "The Boy Tar"†, "Bruin: The Grand Bear Hunt"†, "The Bush Boys" †, "The Castaways", "The Child Wife", "The Cliff Climbers", "The Death Shot", and "The Desert Home" • the † symbol signifies not in Kindle 'Works' edition above NOTE: This 4-volume set is absent "Afloat In The Forest", "The Bandolero", "The Fatal Cord", "The Maroon", and "Osceola The Seminole" contained in the Kindle 'Works' edition above
	"Collected Works of Captain Mayne Reid, Volume 2" for Kindle [2014] Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [7/2014] for $2.99 Contains ten complete novels, 'with 30 illustrations': "The Finger of Fate", "The Flag of Distress", "The Free Lances" †, "Gaspar The Gaucho" †, "The Giraffe Hunters", "Gwen Wynn", "The Headless Horseman", "The Hunters' Feast" †, "The Land of Fire" †, and "The Lone Ranche" {sic} † • the † symbol signifies not in Kindle 'Works' edition above
	"Collected Works of Captain Mayne Reid, Volume 3" for Kindle [2014] Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [7/2014] for $2.99 Contains ten complete novels, 'with 80 illustrations': "The Lost Mountain", "No Quarter" †, "The Ocean Waifs", "Odd People" †, "The Plant Hunters" †, "The Quadroon" †, "Quadrupeds: What They Are and Where Found" †, "The Scalp Hunters", "The Tiger Hunter", and "The Vee-Boers" • the † symbol signifies not in Kindle 'Works' edition above
	"Collected Works of Captain Mayne Reid, Volume 4" for Kindle [2014] Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [7/2014] for $2.99 Contains seven complete novels, 'with 23 illustrations': "The War Trail", "The White Chief" †, "The White Gauntlet" †, "The Wild Huntress", "Wood Rangers", "The Young Voyageurs", and "The Young Yagers" the † symbol signifies not in Kindle 'Works' edition above

"The Headless Horseman" [1866]

"Mayne Reid: A Memoir of His Life" [Ward & Downey, 1890] by Mrs. Elizabeth (Hyde) Reid, His Widow
http://www.archive.org/stream/maynereidmemoiro00reidrich#page/n9/mode/2up

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Broadway producer & playwright Elmer L. Rice [1892-1967]
browse books • Broadway credits {1914-2007} • IMDb listing {1917-94} • Wikipedia

Pulitzer Prize-winning "Street Scene: A Play in Three Acts" [1929-30] 'a tragedy of epic proportions' in which nine lines from Walt Whitman's 'When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom’d' are contemplated for their pastoral content by the central characters at the end of Act One 601 performances from Jan 1929 to June 1930 at the Playhouse Theatre on 48th Street in Manhattan, NYC; produced by William A. Brady, Ltd.; written & staged by Elmer Rice • stageplay credits at IBDb Samuel French 7½x4¾ pb [1956] for $16.69 Samuel French 7½x5¼ hardcover [1929] out of print/used

"Three Plays by Elmer Rice: 'The Adding Machine', 'Street Scene' and 'Dream Girl'" [1/1956]
http://www.amazon.com/Elmer-Rice-Adding-Machine-Paperback/dp/B00SCUP5YG/

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Spirit of America Bookstore's
Harriet Beecher Stowe [1811-96] Page
top of page •

"Uncle Tom's Cabin"
published in an abolitionist newspaper from June 1851 to March 1852, then as a book in 1852

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Spirit of America Bookstore's
Henry David Thoreau [1817-62] Page
top of page • short profile • primary works • other works • plays, movies, other media
works about Henry David Thoreau • Transcendentalism • family & friends • links

Henry David Thoreau Quotations Page at Working Minds Philosophy website

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pseudonym Metta Victoria Fuller Victor [1831-85]
dime novels pioneer, wrote hundreds of books under many pseudonyms, including Corinne Cushman, Eleanor Lee Edwards, Walter T. Gray,
Mrs. Orrin James, Rose Kennedy, Louis LeGrand, Mrs. Mark Peabody, Seeley Regester, The Singing Sybil, and Mrs. Henry Thomas
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"Alice Wilde" [1860], one of the very first dime novels
"Maum Guinea, and Her Plantation 'Children'" [1861], expressing abolitionist sentiments
"The Dead Letter" [1866], the first full-length American work of crime fiction
"The Figure Eight" [1869]

"A Bad Boy's Diary" [1880] by Metta Victor, writing as Walter T. Gray this book was the best selling title of 1880 Nabu Press 9¾x7½ pb [8/2011] for $4.87 Andesite Press Scholars Select 9¼x6 hardcover [8/00] for $19.95 available as free online etext at Internet Archive

"The Blunders of A Bashful Man, By The Author of A Bad Boy's Diary" [1881]

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Gen. Lew Wallace [1827-1905]
soldier, politician, and author Wallace is most famous for his 1880 novel "Ben-Hur"
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