Relacionar Columnas USHL U4 19th Century BiographiesVersión en línea Read the descriptions and click on the right picture. por Andreina Farias Monasterios 1 This writer moved to Salem where losing his job turned into the chance to write his masterpiece: The Scarlet Letter. 2 He self-published the collection Leaves of Grass; controversial at its time, now an American classic. 3 He became a national war hero and was elected the 7th U.S. president in 1828. 4 First major American novelist, author of frontier adventures: the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring the wilderness scout Natty Bumppo. 5 American writer well-known for his evocative short stories and poems of mystery and horror like The Black Cat. 6 She started writing with her own name after her Civil War experiences. Little Women gave her a lifetime writing career. 7 He was he 16th U.S. president, due in part to his opinion on slavery, the national infrastructure and protective tariffs. 8 He worked on several vessels, and his masterpiece, Moby-Dick, sold poorly. He was posthumously regarded a great American writer. 9 Since she was a teen, she wrote hundreds of poems and letters that were published after her death. 10 He became famous for his fictional horror stories, was the U.S. ambassador to Spain and pushed for stronger copyright laws.