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| Wrote stories based on old Dutch Legends such as "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" "The Devil and Tom Walker". Pen Name: Diedrich Knicerbocker |
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| Wrote tales of terror & horror as well as first American detective stories. "The Tell-Tale Heart" "The Purloined Letter" and many more. |
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| Wrote many stories about Puritans. Novels: The Scarlet Letter, House of the Seven Gables. Short Stories: "Young Goodman Brown" "Dr. Heiddeger's Experiment" |
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| Wrote tales of adventure based on his travels including Moby Dick, Billy Budd, and Typee. |
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| Transcendentalist who wrote Walden based on his year living alone at Walden Pond. Motto: "Simplify, simplify, simplify." |
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| Transcendentalist who wrote essays such as Self-Reliance, Nature, Friends. Also wrote poetry: "Concord Hymn" Owned land where Thoreau lived to write Walden. |
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| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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| Fireside Poet who wrote "Paul Revere's Rid" "Hiawatha" "Courtship of Miles Standish" |
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| Fireside Poet who wrote "The Snowstorm" Was a Quaker. |
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| Fireside Poet, doctor by trade. Wrote patriotic poetry such as "Old Ironsides." |
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| Fireside Poet. Used local dialect in "The Frost is on the Punkin" |
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