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This edition: 1846 - 1855





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Episode Details

Topics include:
1849 - Henry David Thoreau originates America's Proud History of Civil Disobedience
1850 - Nathaniel Hawthorne Writes The Scarlet Letter
1851 - Herman Melville's Moby Dick is Published
1852 - Emily Dickinson Publishes First Poem
1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe Writes Uncle Tom's Cabin
1855 - Frederick Douglass Publishes My Bondage and My Freedom
1855 - Walt Whitman Publishes Leaves of Grass
1855 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Writes The Song of Hiawatha

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  • Presented by Jane Kaczmarek, Great American Authors presents the rich, literary tradition of American storytelling…No country has produced a greater group of writers in a shorter period of time than America. It has been an incredible journey of finding the nation’s voice, beginning with the first colonists in the 17th century to a small cadre of brilliant, 19th century, New England writers who defined the unique American experience and soul, to the whole country speaking out in the 20th Century against war, poverty, racism and alientation.

    Featuring such greats as Poe…Dickinson…Twain…Alcott…Hemingway…Wolfe…Steinbeck…Vonnegut and Morrison.

    Designed for literary enthusiasts and history buffs alike, Great American Authors: Since 1650 is a must for every 21st century library and classroom. Authors are presented in concise, stand-alone clips, in chronological order.

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