Ten of the Most Influential Writers from 1860-Present

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BC: Sources "American Writers and Their Works, 19th Century, 1851-1900." American Literature Chronology: 19th Century. Sam Houston State University. 13 July 2008 <http://www.shsu.edu/~eng_wpf/amlitchron_19th2.html>. "American Writers and Their Works, The 20th Century." American Literature Chronology: 20th Century. Sam Houston State University. 13 July 2008 <http://www.shsu.edu/~eng_wpf/amlitchron_20th.html>.

FC: Ten of the Most Influential American Writers 1860-Present

1: In no particular order, ten Americans whose literature I feel has had a significant impact on the world, especially in their homeland.

3: Harper Lee Author of To Kill a Mockingbird

5: Mark Twain Author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

7: Robert Frost Author of "Nothing Gold Can Stay," "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening," and "Fire and Ice"

9: John Steinbeck Author of The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men

11: J. D. Salinger Author of The Catcher in the Rye

13: F. Scott Fitzgerald Author of The Great Gatsby

15: Sylvia Plath Author of "Daddy" and "Lady Lazarus"

17: Jack Kerouac Author of On the Road

19: Tennessee Williams Author of A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

21: Ernest Hemingway Author of A Farewell to Arms and The Old Man and the Sea