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American Authors

Teacher: G. Miller
Horizontales
Famous for his athletic lifestyle and his short sentences, this author was lovingly referred to as "Papa."
This author is best known for his stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle." In addition, he wrote several history books, including one on Muhammed. He's one of the first American authors to gain fame in Europe.
This author was a bit of a wild woman. She was trained as an anthropologist but became famous for her work as a writer, including "Their Eyes Were Watching God." Zora _____ _______.
This author was called before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee and later married Marilyn Monroe: Arthur _______.
This writer had a bitter sense of humor. He criticized American society for hypocrisy in dozens of ways. Born Samuel Clemens in Hannibal, Missouri, he later became a reporter and a comedian (really a humorous lecturer), living in San Francisco and Boston.
This poet was famous for his experimental techniques, like not using punctuation.
The author suffered discrimination for being Jewish. He expressed contempt for New York society in his breakthrough book, The Catcher in the Rye. In middle and late life, he stopped publishing his writing or granting interviews.
This author was a near recluse, rarely leaving her home. Her poems focused on nature, death and God and had such complexity she is considered one of the greatest poets our country has produced.
Verticales
This author worked as a sailor and wrote the famous book "Moby Dick."
This author was a close friend of Herman Melville's and a descendant of one of the judges in the Salem witch trials. His most famous book is "The Scarlet Letter," but he's also know for writing short stories, such as "Young Goodman Brown."
This poet wrote only one book, "The Leaves of Grass," but he kept rewriting it .over and over again. He served as a nurse during the Civil War and was devoted to Abraham Lincoln.
The author of "The Great Gatsby," this man was wealthy but spent much of his adult life caring for his wife, Zelda, who suffered from mental illness.
This poet was often honored on Oprah Winfrey's shows. She was asked to write a poem in honor of President Clinton's second inauguration. She wrote autobiographies, such as I know why the caged bird sings, and poems, such as "Phenomenal Woman."
The leader of the transcendentalist movement was ________ __________ Emerson.