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Authors to works
Who wrote the following books of early America?
| Work(s) | Author |
|---|---|
| The History of Plymouth Plantation | William Bradford |
| The History of the Dividing Line | William Byrd |
| Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up In America | Anne Bradsteet |
| “Huswifery”, Upon a Spider Catching a Fly, The Bay Psalmbook (First book printed in America) | Edward Taylor |
| Poems on Various Subjects Religious and Moral | Phyllis Wheatley |
| Letters from an American Farmer | St. Jean de Crievecoeur |
| Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer | John Dickinson |
| Democracy in America | Alexis de Toqueville |
| The Power of Sympathy (First novel by an American) | William Hill Brown |
| The Contrast | Royall Tyler |
| Weiland, Edgar Huntly, Ormand, Arthur Mervyn, (This man is the first professional man of letters in America) | Charles Brockden Brown |
| The Castle of Otranto | Horace Walpole |
| Clotel: A Tale of the Southern States aka The President’s Daughter | William Wells Brown |
| (First black woman ever to write a novel) | Harriet Nilson |
| (First black to write a novel) | Frederick Douglass |