American Literature Fun Facts

Langston Hughes is...

The author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn also credited with "Clothes make the man."

The American poet Emily Dickinson used and punctuation non-traditionally and wore -- everyday.

Native Americans actually prefer to be called---.

This man was the first poet to read a poem at a presidential inauguration.

Poe's original choice for the creature to narrate the poem "The Raven" was the---.

One of the founding fathers is also considered one of American's most pre-eminent authors. Who?

Henry David Thoreau refused to pay for his own diploma. What amount did he refuse to pay?

The earliest American literature was not written down or published. It was transmitted orally.

Washington Irving became an early advocate for copyright laws, and his short story__?