puritan who fled to American colonies

teacher in England

graduated Harvard

job as a physician

great tragedy in his life - children and wife died

at 18 came from England with husband to Massachusets Bay Colony

hard life, 8 children

wrote for herself, not publication

printer all his life

-Poor Richard's Almanac

devoted to science

enlisted French help for Revolutionary war

died on July 4th 1826

3rd president

independence

born in Salem Massachusetts

had puritan ancestors

short story writer and novelist

moved to Italy to write last novel

stories often set in New York

first American writer to attain international reputation

used European folk tales

popular poet

born in Maine

taught at Bowdoin and Harvard

often wrote his own textbooks

wives died

journalist poet lawyer and political activist

defended human rights and personal freedoms

helped establish romantic movement

literature and medicine (medical degree at Harvard)

love of exaggeration colorful expression quotable statements

"old Ironsides"

most talented fireside poet but life was disrupted by personal tragedy

editorials supporting abolition of slavery

born in poverty, virtually no formal education

believed in hard work simplicity pacifism religious devotion and social justice

worked for abolition of slavery

father deserted, mother died, taken in by Allans who paid for his education

joined Army, went to West Point, expelled

never escaped poverty

died in Baltimore 2 years after his wife's death

inventor of detective story

individuality, independence, and appreciation for the wonders of nature

always thinking - new ideas

lectures became essays

eccentric, rarely followed rules, strong-willed, independent

spiritual realtionship between humanity and nature

"Walden" supreme work of Trancendentalist lit

reputation grew after his death

wrote 1775 poems but only 7 were published before her death

recluse, private person

has become known as one of the greatest and most influential poets of US

his life's work was "leaves of grass"

-continually revised, reshaped, and expanded

his poetry conveyed his beliefs in democracy equality and spirituality of all forms