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Born May 31, 1826 • Seymour • Connecticut
Died July 17, 1906 (aged 80) • New Haven • Connecticut
Notable Works “Miss Ravenel’s Conversion from Secession to Loyalty”
Paule Marshall
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Mark Twain
Mark Twain
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Charles Dudley Warner
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Henry James
Henry James
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Paul Theroux, 1992
Paul Theroux
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers
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Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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John Cheever
John Cheever
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John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
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Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston
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Bret Harte
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Edwidge Danticat
Edwidge Danticat
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Jeannette Leonard Gilder
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Mary McCarthy
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William Steig
William Steig
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Frederik Pohl
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Dorothy West
Dorothy West
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder
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