Many of the greatest American authors captured the times they lived in and the nation's landscape, immortalizing the country they lived in on the page. Others explored darker periods in the country’s early history or even created wildly fanciful tales set on the backdrop of American towns. It’s hard to imagine living in a world without “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and its Headless Horseman, or Tom Sawyer tricking his friends to help him do his chores. Washington Irving’s and Mark Twain’s stories created a new American mythology of sorts!
Capture the American frontier with James Fenimore Cooper, get a close-up look at the maritime life of the 19th century with Herman Melville, or peek into the haunted heritage of New England with Nathaniel Hawthorne. American literature also opened the door to new perspectives that may not have been as easy to find on the page. The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass gave a firsthand account of life as a formerly enslaved man, while Harriet Beecher Stowe’s immensely popular Uncle Tom’s Cabin shed light on the evils of slavery. We could write a whole book on the influence of these publications, but we limited ourselves to a magazine issue!
Enjoy features including:
· “Brown’s Flair for Writing” by Brandon M. Miller
· “Irving’s American Stories” by Andrew Matthews
· “Cooper’s Frontier Adventures” by Barbara Krasner
· “Hawthorne’s Haunted Heritage” by Sabin Olsen
· “Melville’s Maritime Experiences” by Beth Haverkamp Powers
· “Mining for Gold” by Shari Lyn Zuber and Andrew Matthews
· “Douglass’s True Story” by Karen H. Dusek
· “Great Thinkers” by Andrew Matthews and Craig E. Blohm
· “Alcott’s Famous Sisters” by Mark Clemens
· “Twain’s Tall Tales” by Carmelle L. LaMothe
Regular features of COBBLESTONE Magazine include: Getting Started, Did You Know, Going Global, Say What?, Freeze Frame, Your Letters, Dr. D’s Mystery Hero, Spotlight On…, Just for Fun, Creature Feature, and a crossword puzzle.
