Native American Era
Colonial/Puritan Era
Gothic and Romantic Era
Transendentalism
Era themes
100

Author of Indian education. He was born with extra fluid in his brain 

Who is Sherman Alexi

100

Author of essays to do good, who sent many women to their deaths and believed whole heartedly that witches roamed around Salem. 

Who is Cotton Mathers?

100

Wrote the story Sleepy Hollow, based his book off of real places and people.

Who is Washington Irving?

100

Author of To build a fire. This author had also at one point been a oyster pirate.

Who is Jack London

100

The spooky era with themes of Love and Despair 

What is Gothic and Romantic

200

Author of Sacajawea, he is a member of the Abenaki tribe 

Who is Joesph Bruchac

200

Author of many poems, and prominent Puritan Minister  

Who is Edward Taylor?

200
A famous poet of “The Bells”. Quoth the Raven Nevermore 

Who is Edgar Allen Poe?

200

Author of Civil disobedience. He also swapped his first and middle name after his attendance at Harvard

Who is Henry David Thoreau 

200

A hippy style era with themes of naturalism, and fighting power

What is Transcendentalism 

300

Author of Ceremony, she had gone to the university of New Mexico 

Who is Leslie Marmon 

300

Lived the Salem trails and was a poet who wrote about their experiences 

Who is Anne Bradstreet 

300

Wrote a story about a young good man in a tale of Love and Distrust, also permanently added a w to his family name 

Who is Nathanial Hawthorn?

300

 A poet and book writer, this author wrote the story Nature. This author was also a boy genius, entering Harvard at just the age of 14

Ralph Waldo Emerson

300

A fearful era with themes of mass conspiracy and violence 

What is Colonial Puritan 

400

Author of The sacred pipe, also this author is a survivor of the wounded knee massacre 

Who is Black Elk 

400

Author of The Mayflower Papers, he had four kids across two marriages 

Who is William Bradford

400

Author of Frankenstein and had eloped with another poet 

Who is Mary Shelly 

400

Author of Woman in the nineteenth century, she was also known as the first female correspondent.

Who is Margaret Fuller

400

A dark era filled with themes like fear and despair

What is gothic and romantic

500

Author off The night watchman, this author is also from Turtle Mountain Chippewa 

Who is Lousie Erdrich 

500

Author of a Model of Christian Charity. This man had also been an ex lawyer 

Who is John Winthrop

500

The author of Dracula. This author was bedridden until the age of seven

Who is Bram Stoker 

500

Author of Record of a school, she advocated a lot for women’s rights

Who is Elizabeth Palmer Peabody

500

A legend era with themes of naturalism and discrimination 

What is Native American era