The book records Thoreau's experiences in a hand-built cabin, where he spent two years in partial seclusion, at Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. ... Edgar Allan Poe- The short stories and poetry of 19th-century American Edgar Allan Poe reflect the writer's haunting imagination. Poe, one of the earliest masters of short story writing, created the first detective stories. His "The Gold Bug" (1843) tells the tale of a search for buried treasure on a South Carolina island lV. ... In 1899 Robinson moved to New York City, where his volume Captain Craig and Other Poems (1902) att...

• Word Count: 1931
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School