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