2006-08-31 08:42:20 · 12 answers · asked by rjf1961 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Mark Twain
2006-08-31 08:47:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ernest Hemingway: His sentence structure and stories influenced a generation of writers.
Truman Capote: "In Cold Blood" This non-fiction novel influenced mystery writers to this day.
Ralph Waldo Emerson: His poetry and message of determination and self reliance is relevant today.
David McCullough: The great non-fiction writer. Biographies of Truman, Theodore Roosevelt, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. Also wrote histories of the Panama Canal, Brooklyn Bridge, and Revolutionary War. Mr. McCullough is required reading for anyone interested in the birth, infancy, and maturity of America.
2006-09-01 13:15:27 · answer #2 · answered by Bob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
William James Durant
2006-08-31 19:15:19 · answer #3 · answered by Mac 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Better to ask:
Who has been the best American author so far?
I'd say William Faulkner, but there are some very strong contenders.
2006-08-31 15:49:14 · answer #4 · answered by johnslat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mark Twain
2006-08-31 16:47:07 · answer #5 · answered by EvilFairies 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love Mark Twain, Edgar Allen Poe, and Stephen King.
2006-08-31 17:52:07 · answer #6 · answered by migrainegirl1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ernest Hemingway
2006-08-31 15:45:51 · answer #7 · answered by vick 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Perhaps F Scott Fitzgerald. He may not be the "best" but the era he wrote about and depicted is fantastic. The characters are true within their historical element.
2006-08-31 20:51:35 · answer #8 · answered by juncogirl3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Steinbeck for his scope of emotions, characterization of the western U.S. setting, and purely American brand of simultaneous stillness, beauty, and dread that permeate his books.
2006-09-01 00:21:13 · answer #9 · answered by juniperflux32 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Margerret Mitchell (Gone With the Wind)
2006-08-31 15:48:38 · answer #10 · answered by cieradurden 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋