Raven writing

Life and times of an Author

writer

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Author    Information Site
General American author info: http://www.americanwriters.org

Edgar Allen Poe

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/eapoe.htm

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/poestories/context.html

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/poestories/themes.html

http://www.allpoe.com/

http://www.online-literature.com/poe/

John Steinbeck

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/johnstei.htm

http://steinbeck.sjsu.edu/biography/briefbiography.jsp

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/micemen/context.html

http://www2.sjsu.edu/depts/steinbec/chron.html

http://nobelprize.org/literature/laureates/1962/steinbeck-bio.html

Ernest Hemingway

http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Authors/about_ernest_hemingway.html

http://www.lostgeneration.com/childhood.htm

http://www.lostgeneration.com/ww1.htm

http://www.lostgeneration.com/paris.htm

http://www.lostgeneration.com/keywest.htm

http://www.lostgeneration.com/cuba.htm

http://www.lostgeneration.com/wwtwo.htm

http://www.lostgeneration.com/lastdays.htm

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/oldman/context.html

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/farewell/context.html

Mark Twain

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/mtwain.htm

http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/scrapbook/index.html

http://www.mtwain.com/l_biography.html

http://www.hannibal.net/twain/biography/

http://www.marktwainhouse.org/theman/bio.shtml

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/tomsawyer/context.html

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/huckfinn/context.html

Jack London

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/jlondon.htm

http://www.jack-london.org/main_e.htm

http://www.jacklondons.net/shortbio.html

http://www.online-literature.com/london/

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/call/context.html

http://www.Jacklondons.net/onwriting.html

Louisa May Alcott

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/lmalcott.htm

http://www.online-literature.com/alcott/

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/littlewomen/context.html

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/poet/alcotts.html

http://mn.essortment.com/louisamayalcot_rxny.htm

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/ALCOTT/ABOUTLA.html

O. Henry

 

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http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/PP/fpo20.html

http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/library/ahc/ohbiography.htm

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/ohenry.htm

http://www.online-literature.com/o_henry/ 

Louis L'Amour

http://www.louislamour.com/aboutlouis/biography.htm

http://www.veinotte.com/lamour/bio.htm

http://www2.tcu.edu/depts/prs/amwest/html/wl0119.html

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/l/louis_lamour.html

http://vikingphoenix.com/public/rongstad/books/lamour.htm#review

Orson Scott Card

http://www.hatrack.com/osc/about-more.shtml

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/endersgame/context.html

http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/sep99/card.htm

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/endersgame/themes.html

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Orson_Scott_Card.htm

http://www.bookbrowse.com/index.cfm?page=author&authorID=380

J.K. Rowling

http://www.jkrowling.com/   (amazing site-- choose the British flag for English version and hold mouse over various parts of the page to find the information)

 

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/harrypotter5/context.html

 

http://www2.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/authorstudies

/authorhome.jhtml?authorID=821&collateralID=5276&displayName=Biography

 

http://singleparents.about.com/cs/booksandmovies/l/aajkrowlingbio1.htm

http://www.storiesfromtheweb.org/stories/rowling/interview.htm

http://www.edupaperback.org/showauth.cfm?authid=70

J.R.R. Tolkien

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/fellowship/context.html

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/J_R_R_Tolkien.htm

http://www.leaderu.com/humanities/wood-biography.html

http://www.booksfactory.com/writers/tolkien.htm

 

http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/lordoftheringstrilogy

/biography.shtml

Shirley Jackson

http://bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/fiction/Jackson.htm

http://reagan.underthesun.cc/sjackson/sjackson1.html

http://www.salon.com/jan97/jackson970106.html

http://encyclopedia.com/html/J/JacksoS1hi.asp

Emily Dickinson

http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/dickinson/context.html

http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/emilydickinson/

http://www.neuroticpoets.com/dickinson/

http://ksks.essortment.com/emilydickinson_rzdr.ht

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/dickinson/bio.htm

Robert Frost

http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/frost/context.html

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/rfrost.htm

http://www.allsands.com/Misc2/robertfrostbio_uyh_gn.htm

http://www.online-literature.com/frost/

http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?45442B7C000C070C0F

Walt Whitman

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/wwhitman.htm

http://www.whitmanarchive.org/biography/

http://www.whitmanarchive.org/biography/biographymainindex.html

http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/whitman/context.html

http://utut.essortment.com/waltwhitmanbio_pmq.htm

Esther Forbes

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/johnnytremain/context.html

http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Archives/WAuthors/forbes/bio.html

http://www.bookrags.com/notes/jt/BIO.htm

http://www.classzone.com/novelguides/authors/forbes.cfm

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General Timelines  
Timeline of History

http://www.infoplease.com/1000to2000.html

 

HistoryMole--History thru timelines.

A searchable database of historical world events and themed articles from the last two thousand years

http://www.historymole.com/

History Channel--select a century or

decade to generate a timeline with links

to other items or enter text to search the site. Use the History of the world section and use pull down menu to select a century.

http://www.historychannel.com/perl/timeline.pl    

Timelines of History. Universal history

site with individual country timelines,

also "today in history" and various subject timelines.

 

http://timelines.ws/

World History Timeline--explore

2000 years of world history on five

continents

http://www.camelotintl.com/world/index.html
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Literature 

Timelines

 

Literature timelines.  Timeline of

American Literature and Events by decade/year.  Site featuring links to

literature timelines from 1620-1920,

American authors, and American

literature sites.

http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl311/timefram.html

Literary Periods

and their Characteristics

http://www.teachnlearn.org/LITERARY%20PERIODS

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Email Mrs. Freivalds at freivaldsj@lockwood.k12.mt.us
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