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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , which has since been called the Great American Novel , During his lifetime, Twain became a friend to presidents , artists, industrialists and European royalty.
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Frederick Douglass (US, c. 1817–February 20, 1895) – Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845), "The Heroic Slave" in Autographs for Freedom (1853), My Bondage and My Freedom (1855) and Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1881, revised 1892) Jens Jacob Eschels (Ge, 1757–1842) – first seafarer's ...
The Newark-born author set many of his books in his hometown, including his last novel, "Nemesis," in addition to his most well-known works such as 1997's "American Pastoral," 1969's "Portnoy's ...
Winston Francis Groom Jr. (March 23, 1943 – September 17, 2020) [1] [2] was an American author. He is best known for his best-selling novel Forrest Gump (1986), which became a 1990s cultural phenomenon after being adapted as the film of the same name directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks. After the film was released, gaining a ...
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Ulysses S. Grant, working on his memoirs in 1885.His Personal Memoirs is considered by historians to be among the best by a U.S. president.. Many presidents of the United States have written autobiographies about their presidencies and/or (some periods of) their life before their time in office.