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The American ExperienceLiterature .......................22


The British TraditionLiterature .......................28


Range of Reading: Complete Contents by Genre

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Adventure and Suspense StoriesThe Wounded Wolf Jean Craighead George ......................................................... 184Zlateh the Goat Isaac Bashevis Singer ............................................................ 222The King of Mazy May Jack London ........................................................................... 304Mowgli’s Brothers Rudyard Kipling ...................................................................... 886

FablesThe Tiger Who Would Be King James Thurber ....................................................................... 842The Lion and the Bulls Aesop ..................................................................................... 848

Folk Tales and Fairy Tales Why Monkeys Live in Trees Julius Lester .............................................................................74Dragon, Dragon John Gardner ......................................................................... 206The Ant and the Dove Leo Tolstoy ............................................................................. 844A Crippled Boy My-Van Tran .......................................................................... 850Why the Tortoise’s Shell Is Not Smooth Chinua Achebe ....................................................................... 916He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit Virginia Hamilton ................................................................... 924The Three Wishes Ricardo E. Alegría .................................................................. 936The Stone Lloyd Alexander ..................................................................... 942

Historical FictionRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor........................................................................ 9Letter From a Concentration Camp Yoshiko Uchida ........................................................................518Black Cowboy, Wild Horses Julius Lester .......................................................................... 832

Mythsfrom Black Ships Before Troy:The Story of the IliadRosemary Sutcliff .................................................................. 829

Arachne Olivia E. Coolidge ................................................................... 860Prologue from The Whale RiderWiti Ihimaera ......................................................................... 868

Realistic FictionStray Cynthia Rylant.......................................................................... 24The Sound of Summer Running Ray Bradbury ......................................................................... 142Eleven Sandra Cisneros ..................................................................... 149The Tail Joyce Hansen ........................................................................ 192The Southpaw Judith Viorst .......................................................................... 260The Circuit Francisco Jiménez .................................................................. 274The All-American Slurp Lensey Namioka ..................................................................... 286Aaron’s Gift Myron Levoy ...........................................................................318Jeremiah’s Song Walter Dean Myers ............................................................... 978

Science Fiction and FantasyGreyling Jane Yolen ................................................................................11The Homecoming Laurence Yep ........................................................................... 32The Fun They Had Isaac Asimov .......................................................................... 344Feathered Friend Arthur C. Clarke ..................................................................... 348from James and the Giant PeachRoald Dahl ............................................................................. 896Lob’s Girl Joan Aiken ............................................................................. 964

World LiteratureThe Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson Leo Tolstoy ............................................................................. 183The Old Woman Who Lived With the Wolves Chief Luther Standing Bear .................................................... 234Becky and the Wheels-and-Brake Boys James Berry ........................................................................... 252

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Playsfrom Brighton Beach MemoirsNeil Simon ............................................................................. 697Gluskabe and Old Man Winter Joseph Bruchac ..................................................................... 698The Phantom Tollbooth, Act I Susan Nanus .......................................................................... 708The Phantom Tollbooth, Act II Susan Nanus .......................................................................... 748from You’re a Good Man, Charlie BrownClark Gesner .......................................................................... 790

Poetry

Concrete PoemsThe Sidewalk Racer Lillian Morrison ...................................................................... 625Concrete Cat Dorthi Charles ........................................................................ 631

HaikuHaiku Matsuo Basho ........................................................................ 624Haiku Muso Soseki .......................................................................... 630

LimerickLimerick Anonymous ............................................................................ 626Limerick Anonymous ............................................................................ 632

Lyrical PoemsTwelfth Song of Thunder Navajo.................................................................................... 555Ode to Family Photographs Gary Soto ............................................................................... 558Ankylosaurus Jack Prelutsky ........................................................................ 568A Dream Within a Dream Edgar Allan Poe ...................................................................... 572Life Doesn’t Frighten Me Maya Angelou........................................................................ 574Simile: Willow and Ginkgo Eve Merriam .......................................................................... 588April Rain Song Langston Hughes ................................................................... 589

Fame Is a Bee Emily Dickinson ...................................................................... 590Abuelito Who Sandra Cisneros ..................................................................... 594The World Is Not a Pleasant Place to Be Nikki Giovanni ........................................................................ 595Child On Top of a GreenhouseTheodore Roethke ..................................................................... 596who knows if the moon’s E. E. Cummings ...................................................................... 610Dust of Snow Robert Frost ............................................................................612No Thank You Shel Silverstein ...................................................................... 640Parade Rachel Field ........................................................................... 642Wind and water and stone Octavio Paz ............................................................................ 644Saying Yes Diana Chang........................................................................... 649Cynthia in the Snow Gwendolyn Brooks ................................................................. 650Alphabet Naomi Shihab Nye ................................................................. 665

Narrative and Dramatic PoemsOranges Gary Soto ............................................................................... 556Adventures of Isabel Ogden Nash ........................................................................... 564Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright Rosemary and Stephen Vincent Benét ................................... 566The Walrus and the Carpenter Lewis Carroll .......................................................................... 576The Fairies’ Lullaby William Shakespeare ............................................................. 648

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AdvertisementsBall-Band Shoes ..................................................................513Neolite Soles ......................................................................514

Opinion PiecesJake Wood Baseball League Is the Start of Something Special Reginald T. Dogan .................................................................. 441Metric Metric: It’s so nice, we’ll say it twice Metric Metric ......................................................................... 785Happiness Is a Charming Charlie Brown at Orlando Rep Matthew MacDermid ............................................................ 796

SpeechesPreserving a Great American Symbol Richard Durbin ....................................................................... 439

Exposition

BiographyMy Papa, Mark Twain Susy Clemens ........................................................................... 96This Land Was Made for You and Me: Life & Songs of Woodie GuthrieElizabeth Partridge ................................................................. 383A Backwoods Boy Russell Freedman ................................................................... 448

Content-Area Essays and ArticlesThe Florida Keys & Key West The Monroe County Tourist Development Council ................. 137The Seven Wonders of the World Infoplease™ ........................................................................... 245Egyptian Pyramids Prentice Hall: Ancient Civilizations......................................... 247The Shutout Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack, Jr. ................ 428Satellites and Sea Lions NASA ..................................................................................... 879California Sea Lion ................................................................ 881

JournalismRescuers to Carry Oxygen Masks for Pets Associated Press ..................................................................... 69NASA Finally Goes Metric SPACE Staff ........................................................................... 783How to Read a Road Map Britannica Student Encyclopedia ........................................... 959

Lettersfrom Letter on Thomas JeffersonJohn Adams ............................................................................. 17Letter to Scottie F. Scott Fitzgerald .................................................................. 522

Memoirs and DiariesThe Drive-In Movies Gary Soto ................................................................................. 46The Market Square Dog James Herriot .......................................................................... 54from Zlata’s DiaryZlata Filipovic ........................................................................ 384Water Helen Keller ........................................................................... 398Hard as Nails Russell Baker ......................................................................... 406from Something to DeclareJulia Alvarez .......................................................................... 446

Narrative EssaysThe Case of the Monkeys That Fell From the Trees Susan E. Quinlan ...................................................................... 78Race to the End of the Earth William G. Scheller ................................................................ 335Jackie Robinson: Justice at Last Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns ........................................... 422Turkeys Bailey White .......................................................................... 472La Leña Buena John Phillip Santos ................................................................ 492

Personal EssaysMy Heart Is in the Highlands Jane Yolen ................................................................................18Names/ Nombres Julia Alvarez ...........................................................................114The Lady and the Spider Robert Fulghum .......................................................................124

Reflective EssaysLangston Terrace Eloise Greenfield .................................................................... 480from The Pigman and MePaul Zindel ............................................................................. 498Childhood and Poetry Pablo Neruda ......................................................................... 662

SpeechesStage Fright Mark Twain……… .................................................................104

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Functional Textwww.aspca.org Web site ASPCA ..................................................................................... 66The Caribbean Atlas Entry ................................................ 135Gold Rush Map .................................................................... 339Origami Apatosaurus Instructions Rachel Katz ............................................................................ 603World of Escher Tessellation Contest Entry Form ........ 605Library Card Information Sara Hightower Regional Library System .............................. 657Library Card Application Sara Hightower Regional Library System .............................. 658Downtown Atlanta Map DK Eyewitness Travel Guide .................................................. 960

Literature in Context—Reading in the Content Areas

Social Studies Connection:Drive-In Movies ....................................................................... 48Science Connection:Living Layers (illustrated) ......................................................... 82Humanities Connection:Twain Makes His Mark .......................................................... 99Science Connection:Spin Cycle (illustrated) ............................................................ 126Safety Connection:Pet Precautions ...................................................................... 198Literature Connection:Traditional Dragon Stories ...................................................213Social Studies Connection:Home on the Range ............................................................... 236

Geography Connection:Agricultural Seasons ............................................................ 278Geography Connection:“Cold” Rush (illustrated) ......................................................... 309History Connection:Cossacks.................................................................................. 323Culture Connection:Journalism ................................................................................412History Connection:Making History (illustrated) ................................................... 455Science Connection:Leaving the Nest (illustrated) .................................................474Biography Connection:The Man Langston Terrace Honors ................................... 481Culture Connection:Turnpike Tollbooth ..................................................................710Science Connection:Measuring Time (illustrated) ..................................................715Culture Connection:Plumb Line ............................................................................... 760History Connection:Trail Riders (illustrated) .......................................................... 832Language Connection:Allusions .................................................................................. 843Culture Connection:Athene ...................................................................................... 863Literature Connection:Rocks and Roles ..................................................................... 950Music Connection:What Is the Delta Blues? (illustrated) ................................. 980

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Fables and Folk TalesThe Tale of the Mandarin Ducks Katherine Paterson .................................................................... 9The Travelers and the Bear Aesop, retold by Jerry Pinkney .............................................. 907Grasshopper Logic Jon Scieszka .......................................................................... 908The Other Frog Prince Jon Scieszka .......................................................................... 909Duckbilled Platypus vs. BeefSnakStik® Jon Scieszka .......................................................................... 910Sun and Moon in a Box Alfonso Ortiz and Richard Erdoes .......................................... 992How the Snake Got Poison Zora Neale Hurston .............................................................. 1000The People Could Fly Virginia Hamilton ..................................................................1010All Stories Are Anansi’s Harold Courlander .................................................................1018The Fox and the Crow Aesop ................................................................................... 1038The Bear Boy Joseph Bruchac ..................................................................... 220

Historical FictionSuzy and Leah Jane Yolen ..............................................................................114from Letters From RifkaKaren Hesse ........................................................................... 252from DragonwingsLaurence Yep ......................................................................... 728

Myths and LegendsIcarus and Daedalus Josephine Preston Peabody ................................................... 916Demeter and Persephone Anne Terry White................................................................... 924Popocatepetl and Ixtlaccihuatl Juliet Piggott Wood ............................................................... 946The Voyage from Tales of the OdysseyMary Pope Osborne ............................................................... 968

Realistic FictionThe Three-Century Woman Richard Peck .............................................................................11

Papa’s Parrot Cynthia Rylant.......................................................................... 26The Luckiest Time of All Lucille Clifton ........................................................................... 62A Day’s Wait Ernest Hemingway ................................................................... 86Stolen Day Sherwood Anderson .............................................................. 168The Dinner Party Mona Gardner ........................................................................ 205The Treasure of Lemon Brown Walter Dean Myers ............................................................... 207Two Kinds from The Joy Luck ClubAmy Tan ................................................................................. 260Seventh Grade Gary Soto ............................................................................... 290Amigo Brothers Piri Thomas ............................................................................ 322Ribbons Laurence Yep ......................................................................... 346After Twenty Years O. Henry ................................................................................. 372

Science Fiction and FantasyAll Summer in a Day Ray Bradbury ......................................................................... 102Rikki-tikki-tavi Rudyard Kipling ...................................................................... 228The Third Wish Joan Aiken ..............................................................................312Zoo Edward Hoch.......................................................................... 340He-y, Come on Ou-t! Shinichi Hoshi ........................................................................ 378

Drama

MonologueMy Head Is Full of Starshine Peg Kehret ............................................................................. 874

PlaysSorry, Wrong Number Lucille Fletcher ....................................................................... 727Dragonwings Laurence Yep ......................................................................... 728A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Act I Israel Horovitz ........................................................................ 740

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A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Act II Israel Horovitz ........................................................................ 775from A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Act I, Scene 2; Act 1, Scene 5 Israel Horovitz ........................................................................ 821Grandpa and the Statue Arthur Miller .......................................................................... 868

TeleplaysThe Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Rod Serling ............................................................................ 834

Poetry

Concrete PoemsSeal William Jay Smith .................................................................. 588Forsythia Mary Ellen Solt ...................................................................... 595

HaikuHaiku Buson ..................................................................................... 590Haiku Matsuo Basho ........................................................................ 596

Lyrical PoemsThe Railway Train Emily Dickinson ...................................................................... 577Maestro Pat Mora ................................................................................ 578The Desert Is My Mother Pat Mora ................................................................................ 579Bailando Pat Mora ................................................................................ 580The Rider Naomi Shihab Nye ................................................................. 586Winter Nikki Giovanni ........................................................................ 594Life Naomi Long Madgett ............................................................. 604Loo-Wit Wendy Rose ........................................................................... 606The Courage That My Mother Had Edna St. Vincent Millay .......................................................... 608Mother to Son Langston Hughes ....................................................................613The Village Blacksmith Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ............................................... 614

Fog Carl Sandburg ........................................................................ 616Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out Shel Silverstein ...................................................................... 650One James Berry ........................................................................... 652Weather Eve Merriam .......................................................................... 654Full Fathom Five William Shakespeare ............................................................. 658Train Tune Louise Bogan ......................................................................... 659Onomatopoeia Eve Merriam .......................................................................... 660Annabel Lee Edgar Allan Poe ...................................................................... 668Martin Luther King Raymond R. Patterson ........................................................... 670I’m Nobody Emily Dickinson ...................................................................... 672Father William Lewis Carroll .......................................................................... 676Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening Robert Frost ........................................................................... 680Conjunction Junction Schoolhouse Rock .................................................................. 689Miracles Walt Whitman ....................................................................... 694in Just— E. E. Cummings ...................................................................... 696

Narrative PoemsThe Cremation of Sam McGee Robert Service ....................................................................... 542The Highwayman Alfred Noyes .......................................................................... 630How I Learned English Gregory Djanikian .................................................................. 636Jim Gwendolyn Brooks ................................................................. 680The Fox Outwits the Crow William Cleary ..................................................................... 1036

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Opinion PiecesReviews of A Christmas Carol ....................................................813Veteran Returns, Becomes Symbol Minneapolis Star and Tribune ................................................ 863The Wrong Orbit The Kansas City Star ............................................................. 864Zoos: Joys or Jails? from Teen Ink ....................................................................... 1029Kid Territory: Why Do We Need Zoos? San Diego Zoo Staff ............................................................ 1031

Persuasive Essays and ArticlesKeeping It Quiet PH Science Explorer ............................................................... 463On the Boardwalk Amanda E. Swennes .............................................................. 465The Eternal Frontier Louis L’Amour ......................................................................... 500

SpeechesAll Together Now Barbara Jordan ...................................................................... 494

Exposition

Content Area Essays and ArticlesThe Fall of the Hindenburg Michael Morrison .................................................................... 20Discovering a Paper Son Byron Yee ................................................................................. 75Mongoose on the Loose Larry Luxner ........................................................................... 283Indian Grey Mongoose Brittanica Society .................................................................. 285Walking for Exercise and Pleasure .................................. 365Walk to School ....................................................................... 367Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott Russell Freedman ....................................................................413What Makes a Rembrandt a Rembrandt? Richard Mühlberger ................................................................415Life Without Gravity Robert Zimmerman ................................................................ 424Conversational Ballgames Nancy Masterson Sakamoto .................................................. 432Tenochtitlan: Inside the Aztec Capital Jacqueline Dineen ................................................................. 938

The Seasons on Earth PH Science Explorer .................................................................. 961What Gives the Sunrise and Sunset its Orange Glow? ... 963

Humorous EssaysThe Night the Bed Fell James Thurber ....................................................................... 162Alligator Bailey White .......................................................................... 538

JournalismMelting Pot Anna Quindlen ....................................................................... 296The Rhythms of Rap Kathiann M. Kowalski ............................................................ 687Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol Radio Interview .....815

Memoirsmk Jean Fritz ................................................................................. 34from An American ChildhoodAnnie Dillard ............................................................................ 52from Angela’s AshesFrank McCourt ....................................................................... 140No Gumption Russell Baker ..........................................................................474

Narrative EssaysThe Great Fire Jim Murphy ...............................................................................19A Special Gift—The Legacy of “Snowflake” Bentley Barbara Eaglesham ................................................................ 470The Real Story of a Cowboy’s Life Geoffrey C. Ward ....................................................................510Rattlesnake Hunt Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings .......................................................518

Personal Essays and BlogsBarrio Boy Ernesto Galarza ........................................................................ 80My First Free Summer Julia Alvarez .......................................................................... 132To the Top of Everest Samantha Larson ................................................................... 972

Reflective EssaysI Am a Native of North America Chief Dan George ...................................................................444Volar: To Fly Judith Ortiz Cofer ................................................................... 452


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Functional TextAtlas of East Asia Dorling Kindersley .................................................................... 73The Flat Rock Playhouse Application ............................... 155Crystal Springs Uplands School Theater Contract ....... 157How to Recognize Venomous Snakes in North America .. 531California State Park Warning Signs ................................ 533How to Download Ringtones for a Cell Phone ............... 623Cell Phone Warranty ............................................................. 625


Science Connection: Do Parrots Like Rocky Understand Language? ................ 29Culture Connection: A Matter of Luck ...................................................................... 64Science Connection: Temperature Scales ................................................................ 89Astronomy Connection: The Hothouse Planet ............................................................. 106Social Studies Connection: The Pueblo (illustrated) ........................................................... 223Science Connection: Cobra Fact and Fiction ......................................................... 234

Language Connection: New English Words .............................................................. 294Mythology Connection: A Star Is Born ..........................................................................316Language Connection: Spanish Terms ........................................................................ 326Fine Arts Connection: Dancing en Pointe (illustrated) ............................................. 355Science Connection: Weighted Down ..................................................................... 427Language Connection: Scientific Words From Greek Origins ............................... 523Social Studies Connection: Union Workhouse .................................................................. 748Media Connection: The Many Faces of Scrooge (illustrated) ............................ 800Media Connection: Onscreen Aliens (illustrated) ................................................. 855Mythology Connection: Gods and Goddesses (illustrated) ......................................... 929

Social Studies Connection: Tenochtitlan ............................................................................ 952Social Studies Connection: The Harlem Renaissance (illustrated) ............................... 1001

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Historical FictionThe Finish of Patsy Barnes Paul Laurence Dunbar ............................................................ 192The Drummer Boy of Shiloh Ray Bradbury ......................................................................... 200Tears of Autumn Yoshiko Uchida ....................................................................... 264Up the Slide Jack London ............................................................................314An Episode of War Stephen Crane .....................................................................1122

Humorous FictionA Retrieved Reformation O. Henry ................................................................................... 42Charles Shirley Jackson ...................................................................... 336The Story-Teller Saki (H. H. Munro) .................................................................. 396from The Adventures of Tom SawyerMark Twain ...........................................................................1015

Mystery, Adventure, and Suspense StoriesThe Adventure of the Speckled Band Arthur Conan Doyle ............................................................... 122The Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe ...................................................................... 294

Myths, Legends, and Folk TalesCoyote Steals the Sun and Moon Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz ........................................ 1026Why the Waves Have Whitecaps Zora Neale Hurston .............................................................. 1032Brer Possum’s Dilemma Jackie Torrence .................................................................... 1042Chicoria Rudolfo A. Anaya and José Griego y Maestas ..................... 1052Paul Bunyan of the North Woods Carl Sandburg ..................................................................... 1075

Realistic FictionRaymond’s Run Toni Cade Bambara .................................................................. 28Hamadi Naomi Shihab Nye ................................................................. 281

Thank You, M’am Langston Hughes ................................................................... 388The White Umbrella Gish Jen ..................................................................................416

Science Fiction and Fantasy from A Wrinkle in TimeMadeleine L’Engle ...................................................................... 9The 11:59 Patricia C. McKissack ...............................................................11Fox Hunt Lensey Namioka ....................................................................... 94The Blue Stones Isak Dinesen .......................................................................... 237Who Can Replace a Man? Brian Aldiss ............................................................................ 248Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes .......................................................................... 347Water Names Lan Samantha Chang ............................................................1015

World LiteratureGentleman of Río en Medio Juan A. A. Sedillo .................................................................... 59An Hour With Abuelo Judith Ortiz Cofer ................................................................... 238The Medicine Bag Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve .................................................. 426The Ninny Anton Chekhov ....................................................................... 838

Drama

Multi-Act Playsfrom KindertransportDiane Samuels ....................................................................... 809from Anne Frank & MeCherie Bennett ....................................................................... 810The Diary of Anne Frank, Act I Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett .................................... 854The Diary of Anne Frank, Act II Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett .....................................919

One-Act PlaysThe Governess Neil Simon ............................................................................. 818

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Ballads and EpicsJohn Henry ............................................................................ 1045Invocation from John Brown’s BodyStephen Vincent Benét ........................................................ 1078

Free Verse PoemsLittle Exercise Elizabeth Bishop ..................................................................... 683Concrete Mixers Patricia Hubbell ...................................................................... 675Snake on the Etowah David Bottoms ....................................................................... 700Runagate Runagate Robert Hayden ....................................................................... 720For My Sister Molly Who in the Fifties Alice Walker .......................................................................... 749your little voice/Over the wires came leaping E. E. Cummings ...................................................................... 757

Lyrical PoemsA Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long Nikki Giovanni ........................................................................ 643Cat! Eleanor Farjeon ...................................................................... 654Silver Walter de la Mare.................................................................. 657Your World Georgia Douglas Johnson ...................................................... 658The Drum (for Martin Luther King, Jr.) Nikki Giovanni ....................................................................... 663Ring Out, Wild Bells Alfred, Lord Tennyson ........................................................... 664Thumbprint Eve Merriam .......................................................................... 666Harlem Night Song Langston Hughes ................................................................... 677The City Is So Big Richard García ........................................................................ 678The Sky Is Low, the Clouds Are Mean Emily Dickinson ...................................................................... 686

Old Man Ricardo Sánchez .....................................................................718Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind William Shakespeare ............................................................. 723The New Colossus Emma Lazarus ........................................................................ 728January John Updike ........................................................................... 744New World N. Scott Momaday ................................................................. 746Drum Song Wendy Rose ........................................................................... 758Grandma Ling Amy Ling ................................................................................ 759The Road Not Taken Robert Frost ........................................................................... 774from The People, YesCarl Sandburg ...................................................................... 1055Ellis Island Joseph Bruchac .................................................................. 1096Poetry (La Poesía) Pablo Neruda .......................................................................1144

Narrative and Dramatic PoemsDescribe Somebody Jacqueline Woodson .............................................................. 645Almost a Summer Sky Jacqueline Woodson .............................................................. 647Paul Revere’s Ride Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ............................................... 731from Out of the DustDebts/Fields of Flashing Light/Migrants Karen Hesse ........................................................................ 1094

Odes, Sonnets, and ElegiesOde to Enchanted Light Pablo Neruda ......................................................................... 685Harriet Beecher Stowe Paul Laurence Dunbar ............................................................ 735O Captain! My Captain! Walt Whitman ....................................................................... 777

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Opinion PiecesThe Trouble With Television Robert MacNeil...................................................................... 558On Woman’s Right to Suffrage Susan B. Anthony .................................................................. 566 Hands-Free Law Won’t Solve the Problem Mike Langberg ....................................................................... 593

SpeechesThe American Dream Martin Luther King, Jr. .......................................................... 172from Sharing in the American DreamColin Powell ........................................................................... 576Hands-Free Cell Phone Legislation Signing Arnold Schwarzenegger ......................................................... 595Choice: A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. Alice Walker ........................................................................ 1114

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Biographiesfrom Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad Ann Petry ............................................................................... 486Emancipation from Lincoln: A PhotobiographyRussell Freedman ................................................................... 600

Content-Area Essays and ArticlesElectric Circuits and Power ................................................ 187We the People from Words We Live ByLinda R. Monk ........................................................................ 467from Always to Remember: The Vision of Maya Ying LinBrent Ashabranner ................................................................. 504Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall Diane Ackerman ..................................................................... 540Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters Zakia Carter ......................................................................... 1065

Historical Accountsfrom The Baker Heater LeaguePatricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack .........................19Sun Suckers and Moon Cursers Richard and Joyce Wolkomir .................................................. 183The War in Vietnam The American Nation ............................................................. 529Brown vs. Board of EducationWalter Dean Myers ............................................................... 605

JournalismLocal Holocaust Survivors and Liberators Attend Opening Event for Exhibition ............................................ 965Paralyzed Veterans of America National Public Radio ............................................................1135Readjustment Life Magazine .......................................................................1139Happy Day Life Magazine .......................................................................1140

Letters from Steinbeck: A Life in LettersJohn Steinbeck ...................................................................... 160On the Situation in Vietnam Henry B. Gonzalez .................................................................. 532from My Own True NamePat Mora ...............................................................................1148

Memoirs and Diariesfrom Narrative of the Life of Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass ....................................................................18Cub Pilot on the Mississippi Mark Twain .............................................................................. 66from Travels With CharleyJohn Steinbeck ...................................................................... 164A Glow in the Dark from WoodsongGary Paulsen .......................................................................... 321Making Tracks on Mars Andrew Mishkin ..................................................................... 468Baseball Lionel G. García ...................................................................... 478from I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsMaya Angelou.........................................................................514Forest Fire Anaïs Nin ............................................................................... 536from Anne Frank RememberedMiep Gies .............................................................................. 975

Narrative EssaysOld Ben Jesse Stuart ............................................................................ 88Vanishing Species Bailey White .......................................................................... 702

Personal Essaysfrom An American ChildhoodAnnie Dillard ...........................................................................115The Season’s Curmudgeon Sees the Light Mary C. Curtis ........................................................................ 545Science and the Sense of Wonder Isaac Asimov .......................................................................... 582Words to Sit in, Like Chairs Naomi Shihab Nye ................................................................1152


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AmtrakBringing Your Favorite Places Closer . ..............................410

JumpstartRead for the Record ...............................................................411

City HarvestCity Harvest .............................................................................412

U.S. CongressGulf of Tonkin Resolution ... .................................................531Thumbprint Cookies . ..........................................................693Use the Nutrition Facts Label to Eat Healthier ...............694Sarasota County Schools Lunch Menu ............................696Using Your Answering Machine ......................................767Limited Warranty for Answering Machine ....................769U.S. Department of LaborWage and Hour Division: Basic Information ..................831

New College of FloridaWork-Study Contract .... ........................................................832

Tampa Museum of ArtBe a Museum Volunteer! .. ...................................................833Florida Holocaust Museum ...............................................963A Life in Letters: Contents ...............................................1067A Life in Letters: Index .....................................................1068


Social Studies Connection:Making Tracks (illustrated) .......................................................10Language Connection:Allusions .................................................................................... 46History Connection:Managing the Mississippi ..................................................... 68Science Connection:DNA Fingerprinting (illustrated) ........................................... 146Social Studies Connection:A Bloody Battle ...................................................................... 204

History Connection: Gateways to a New World (illustrated) ............................. 271Culture Connection: Guided by Gibran ................................................................... 283Science Connection: Phosphorescence .................................................................. 324Science Connection: Test Inventors (illustrated) ..................................................... 350Social Studies Connection: The Sioux Nation ................................................................... 428History Connection: Frederick Douglass: Fighter for Freedom ........................ 492Arts Connection: Honoring Civil Rights ............................................................ 508Humanities Connection: Inspired by Words (illustrated).............................................. 520Culture Connection: The Television Age (illustrated) ............................................ 561Science Connection:Lord of the Rings .................................................................... 585Law Connection:Civil Rights Pioneer ...............................................................610History Connection:What Is Women’s Work? ..................................................... 822History Connection:Air Raids .................................................................................. 875World Events Connection: Safe Havens ............................................................................ 888History Connection:Taking the Beaches, Ending the War (illustrated) ............ 947Geography Connection:The Long River (illustrated) ...................................................1016Culture Connection:Kachinas ................................................................................ 1027Social Studies Connection:Machine Age ......................................................................... 1046Cultural Connection:Allusions ................................................................................ 1079Social Studies Connection:The Great Depression (illustrated) ..................................... 1096History Connection:Marching for Freedom .........................................................1117

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Adventure and Suspense StoriesThe Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allan Poe ........................................................................ 60The Most Dangerous Game Richard Connell ...................................................................... 214The Interlopers Saki (H. H. Munro) .................................................................. 270Three Skeleton Key George Toudouze ..................................................................1148The Red-headed League Sir Arthur Conan Doyle .........................................................1166

AllegoriesThe Golden Kite, the Silver Wind Ray Bradbury ......................................................................... 396

Humorous FictionThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty James Thurber ....................................................................... 128The Invalid’s Story Mark Twain ............................................................................ 362

Myths and Folk TalesTalk Harold Courlander and George Herzog (retellers) ................... 577Pyramus and Thisbe Ovid ....................................................................................... 946Pecos Bill: The Cyclone Harold W. Felton ...................................................................1218Perseus Edith Hamilton ..................................................................... 1225

Realistic Fictionfrom I Stand Here IroningTillie Olsen ................................................................................. 9The Giant’s House Elizabeth McCracken ................................................................12Checkouts Cynthia Rylant.......................................................................... 82Old Man at the Bridge Ernest Hemingway ................................................................. 201The Jade Peony Wayson Choy ......................................................................... 203American History Judith Ortiz Cofer ................................................................... 240

Rules of the GameThe Gift of the Magi O. Henry ................................................................................. 260

Rules of the Game from The Joy Luck ClubAmy Tan ..................................................................................316The Necklace Guy de Maupassant ............................................................... 332The Scarlet Ibis James Hurst ........................................................................... 384

Science Fiction and Fantasy Sonata for Harp and Bicycle Joan Aiken ............................................................................... 46“If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth…” Arthur C. Clarke ..................................................................... 162

World LiteratureThe Girl Who Can Ama Ata Aidoo ........................................................................ 86Uncle Marcos Isabel Allende ........................................................................ 138The Man to Send Rain Clouds Leslie Marmon Silko............................................................... 292Old Man of the Temple R. K. Narayan ......................................................................... 298Blues Ain’t No Mockingbird Toni Cade Bambara ................................................................ 350

Drama

Playsfrom The Glass MenagerieTennessee Williams ............................................................... 785from The Shakespeare StealerGary L. Blackwood ................................................................. 787The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet William ShakespearePrologue ................................................................................... 806Act I ........................................................................................... 808Act II ......................................................................................... 834Act III ........................................................................................ 862Act IV ........................................................................................ 894Act V ..........................................................................................914from A Midsummer Night’s DreamWilliam Shakespeare ............................................................. 950The Inspector-General Anton Checkov ....................................................................... 970from The Importance of Being EarnestOscar Wilde ........................................................................... 988

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Epicsfrom the RamayanaR. K. Narayan ....................................................................... 1035from the Odyssey, Part 1Homer (translated by Robert Fitzgerald) .............................. 1044from the Odyssey, Part 2Homer (translated by Robert Fitzgerald) .............................. 1089from the OdysseyDerek Walcott .......................................................................1132

Lyrical PoemsBarter Sara Teasdale .........................................................................611We grow accustomed to the dark— Emily Dickinson .......................................................................612Uncoiling Pat Mora .................................................................................613A Voice Pat Mora ................................................................................ 614Dream Deferred Langston Hughes ................................................................... 620Dreams Langston Hughes ................................................................... 621Meciendo/Rocking Gabriela Mistral ..................................................................... 624I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud William Wordsworth .............................................................. 627All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace Richard Brautigan .................................................................. 632“Hope” is the thing with feathers— Emily Dickinson ...................................................................... 634Much Madness is divinest Sense— Emily Dickinson ...................................................................... 635The War Against the Trees Stanley Kunitz ........................................................................ 637Summer Walter Dean Myers ............................................................... 646The Eagle Alfred, Lord Tennyson ............................................................ 647Analysis of Baseball May Swenson ........................................................................ 648The Bells Edgar Allan Poe ...................................................................... 655Slam, Dunk, & Hook Yusef Komunyakaa ................................................................. 660Jabberwocky Lewis Carroll .......................................................................... 662

There Is No Word for Goodbye Mary Tall Mountain................................................................ 678Daily Naomi Shihab Nye ................................................................. 679The Road Not Taken Robert Frost ........................................................................... 724Macavity: The Mystery Cat T. S. Eliot ................................................................................ 726We never know how high we are Emily Dickinson ...................................................................... 728maggie and milly and molly and may E. E. Cummings ...................................................................... 732Fire and Ice Robert Frost ........................................................................... 736I Hear America Singing Walt Whitman ....................................................................... 750Women Alice Walker .......................................................................... 752An Ancient Gesture Edna St. Vincent Millay .........................................................1128Siren Song Margaret Atwood .................................................................1130Ithaca Constantine Cavafy ...............................................................1134

Narrative and Dramatic PoemsCasey at the Bat Ernest Lawrence Thayer ........................................................ 696Fifteen William Stafford .................................................................... 699Twister Hits Houston Sandra Cisneros ..................................................................... 700The Horses Edwin Muir ............................................................................ 706The Writer Richard Wilbur ....................................................................... 708The Raven Edgar Allan Poe .......................................................................710The Seven Ages of Man William Shakespeare ............................................................. 734

Sonnets and HaikuSonnet on Love XIII Jean de Sponde ..................................................................... 623Three Haiku Basho and Chiyojo ................................................................. 751Sonnet 30 William Shakespeare ............................................................. 754

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Opinion PiecesCarry Your Own Skis Lian Dolan .............................................................................. 522Libraries Face Sad Chapter Pete Hamill............................................................................. 530 A Hero in Our Midst Justice Paul E. Pfeifer ...........................................................1121World Trade Center Rebecca Murray ....................................................................1123

SpeechesI Am An American Day Address Learned Hand ......................................................................... 431Speech to the Virginia Convention Patrick Henry ......................................................................... 432I Have a Dream Martin Luther King, Jr ............................................................ 542First Inaugural Address Franklin Delano Roosevelt ...................................................... 552 There Is a Longing Chief Dan George ..................................................................1196Glory and Hope Nelson Mandela ................................................................... 1202

Exposition

Biographiesfrom A Lincoln PrefaceCarl Sandburg ........................................................................ 500Arthur Ashe Remembered John McPhee ......................................................................... 508

Content-Area Essays and ArticlesIncubating Eggs in Small Quantities Ursula K. Abbott, Ralph A. Ernst, Francine A. Bradley ............. 77Georgia Railway Museum Brochure ................................. 157from Silent SpringRachel Carson ........................................................................ 167The News Neil Postman ......................................................................... 478Space Shuttle Basics NASA ..................................................................................... 493NASA Launch Schedule NASA ..................................................................................... 495Team Builds “Sociable” Robot Elizabeth A. Thompson .......................................................... 745Italy Travel Brochure Liberty Travel ......................................................................... 941

Tornadoes Web Site NOAA .................................................................................... 981Dodgers Celebrate Jackie Robinson Day John Nadel ...........................................................................1211Emily Dickinson Poetfans: Sharyn Moore and Her Students Sharyn Moore .......................................................................1213

Historical Accountsfrom State of the Union Address (1941)Franklin Delano Roosevelt ........................................................ 17from Radio Address on Drought ConditionsFranklin Delano Roosevelt ...................................................... 569

Memoirsfrom A White House DiaryLady Bird Johnson.................................................................. 104My English Julia Alvarez ...........................................................................114

Narrative EssaysNew Directions Maya Angelou.......................................................................... 36The Day of the Storm Tyroneca “Ty” Booker ............................................................ 682

Personal EssaysDesiderata Elizabeth McCracken ................................................................18The Washwoman Isaac Bashevis Singer .............................................................. 26Before Hip-Hop Was Hip-Hop Rebecca Walker ..................................................................... 435Single Room, Earth View Sally Ride ............................................................................... 468from Nothing to Fear: Lessons in Leadership from FDRAlan Axelrod .......................................................................... 567The Talk Gary Soto ............................................................................... 574Hope David T. Hilbun ....................................................................... 680from Big KissHenry Alford .......................................................................... 996from The Carolina WayDean Smith with John Kilgo ................................................ 1037

Reflective EssaysA Celebration of Grandfathers Rudolfo A. Anaya ...................................................................444On Summer Lorraine Hansberry ................................................................ 456

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Literature in Context—Reading in Content Areas

Literature Connection:Poe and the Gothic Tradition ................................................ 65Social Studies Connection:Country Profile: Ghana (illustrated) ....................................... 91Social Studies Connection:The Dominican Republic .......................................................115Social Studies Connection:The Royal Air Force ............................................................... 132Humanities Connection:Magical Realists .....................................................................147Science Connection:International Space Station ................................................ 164History Connection:World War I Trenches (illustrated) ....................................... 233Culture Connection:Watch Fob Chain .................................................................... 263Culture Connection:Hinduism .................................................................................. 302

Culture Connection:Endgame .................................................................................. 322Science Connection:Hawks: Tales and Truths (illustrated) .................................. 354Culture Connection:Limburger Cheese .................................................................. 368

Science Connection:Scarlet Ibis .............................................................................. 386

Culture Connection:Anaya’s Best-Known Work ................................................. 450History Connection:The Emancipation Proclamation ........................................ 505History Connection:Andrew Carnegie ................................................................... 533Social Studies Connection:Getting Back to Work: FDR and the WPA (illustrated) .... 557Language Connection:Carroll’s Invented Language ............................................... 663Culture Connection:Shorthand and Speedwriting (illustrated) .......................... 789History Connection:The Prince of Verona .............................................................810Culture Connection:Falconry (illustrated) ............................................................... 842History Connection:Mercutio’s Allusions ............................................................. 848History Connection:Cockatrice ............................................................................... 872Literature Connection:The Nightingale and the Lark ............................................. 883Culture Connection:Rosemary ................................................................................. 907History Connection:Plague Searchers ...................................................................918Science Connection:Almanacs ................................................................................. 952Media Connection:Recipe for a Monster (illustrated) ........................................ 999Geography Connection:Real Places and Imaginary Events in the Odyssey (illustrated)................................................... 1078Culture Connection:Athena .................................................................................... 1095Math Connection:Pound Conversions ...............................................................1170Culture Connection:Hansoms .................................................................................1181Science Connection:Cyclones ................................................................................ 1222

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Adventure and SuspenseThe Monkey’s Paw W. W. Jacobs ........................................................................... 32Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket Jack Finney .............................................................................118Games at Twilight Anita Desai ............................................................................ 138One Thousand Dollars O. Henry ................................................................................. 308

AllegoriesThe Masque of the Red Death Edgar Allan Poe ...................................................................... 372The Garden of Stubborn Cats Italo Calvino ........................................................................... 384

Humorous FictionThe Open Window Saki (H. H. Munro) .................................................................. 195from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s CourtMark Twain ...........................................................................1192from Don QuixoteMiguel de Cervantes ............................................................ 1208

Myths, Folk Tales, and LegendsThings Fall Apart Chinua Achebe ..................................................................... 1053Prometheus and the First People Olivia E. Coolidge ................................................................. 1066The Orphan Boy and the Elk Dog Native American: The Blackfeet .......................................... 1076Cupid and Psyche Lucius Apuleius .....................................................................1130Ashputtle Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm ....................................................1138Arthur Becomes King of Britain from The Once and Future KingT. H. White ............................................................................1156Morte d’Arthur Alfred, Lord Tennyson ...........................................................1174Damon and Pythias retold by William F. Russell .................................................. 1230

Realistic FictionMagdalena Looking Susan Vreeland ........................................................................ 10The Leap Louise Erdrich .......................................................................... 46

Tepeyac Sandra Cisneros ..................................................................... 104Early Autumn Langston Hughes ................................................................... 229A Visit to Grandmother William Melvin Kelley ............................................................ 242The Street of the Cañon Josephina Niggli .................................................................... 272The Censors Luisa Valenzuela .....................................................................410

Science Fiction and Fantasy from Fahrenheit 451Ray Bradbury ............................................................................. 5The Threads of Time C. J. Cherryh .......................................................................... 231There Will Come Soft Rains Ray Bradbury ......................................................................... 284By the Waters of Babylon Stephen Vincent Benét ...........................................................314

World LiteratureLike the Sun R. K. Narayan ......................................................................... 190A Problem Anton Chekhov ....................................................................... 256How Much Land Does a Man Need? Leo Tolstoy ............................................................................. 338Civil Peace Chinua Achebe ....................................................................... 358Two Friends Guy de Maupassant ............................................................. 1233

Drama

Playsfrom A Doll HouseHenrik Ibsen ........................................................................... 797from Tibet Through the Red BoxDavid Henry Hwang ............................................................... 799AntigoneSophoclesPart 1 ..........................................................................................814Part 2 ......................................................................................... 839from An Enemy of the PeopleHenrik Ibsen ........................................................................... 870

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Poetry

Epicsfrom Sundiata: An Epic of Old MaliD. T. Niane ........................................................................... 1094Rama’s Initiation from the Ramayana R. K. Narayan ........................................................................1108

Lyrical PoemsI Am Offering This Poem Jimmy Santiago Baca ............................................................ 633The Poetic Interpretation of the Twist Cornelius Eady ....................................................................... 634The Empty Dance Shoes Cornelius Eady ....................................................................... 636The Guitar Federico García Lorca ............................................................ 648Mowing Robert Frost ........................................................................... 658Spring & All William Carlos Williams ......................................................... 665Fear Gabriela Mistral ..................................................................... 702The Wind—tapped like a tired Man Emily Dickinson .......................................................................718Metaphor Eve Merriam .......................................................................... 722Conscientious Objector Edna St. Vincent Millay .......................................................... 726Pride Dahlia Ravikovitch.................................................................. 727Tell all the Truth but tell it slant— Emily Dickinson ...................................................................... 728The Weary Blues Langston Hughes ................................................................... 736In Flanders Fields John McCrae ......................................................................... 738

Jazz Fantasia Carl Sandburg ........................................................................ 739All Bei Dao .................................................................................. 764Also All Shu Ting ................................................................................. 765

Narrative and Dramatic PoemsThe Bridegroom Alexander Pushkin ................................................................. 642The Fish Elizabeth Bishop ..................................................................... 650Danny Deever Rudyard Kipling ...................................................................... 652A Tree Telling of Orpheus Denise Levertov ..................................................................... 659Making a Fist Naomi Shihab Nye ................................................................. 664The Bean Eaters Gwendolyn Brooks ................................................................. 703Glory Yusef Komunyakaa ................................................................. 720Meeting at Night Robert Browning .................................................................... 744The Kraken Alfred, Lord Tennyson ............................................................ 745Reapers Jean Toomer .......................................................................... 746

Sonnets and TankaMy City James Weldon Johnson ......................................................... 677Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night Dylan Thomas ........................................................................ 679Tanka .......................................................................................... 680The Waking Theodore Roethke .................................................................. 684Sonnet 18 William Shakespeare ............................................................. 687Tanka .......................................................................................... 688

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Opinion PiecesEditorial on the Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall The New York Times .............................................................. 403The American Idea Theodore H. White ................................................................ 560What Makes a Degas a Degas? Richard Mühlberger ............................................................... 568Santa Claus Meets Sophocles Matthew Murray ................................................................... 865A “Prequel” to Antigone Elyse Sommers ...................................................................... 866Mothers and Daughters Michael Dorris ..................................................................... 1223The Joy Luck Club James Berardinelli ............................................................... 1225

SpeechesAddress to Students at Moscow University Ronald Reagan ....................................................................... 449Keep Memory Alive Elie Wiesel ............................................................................. 542from Nobel LectureAlexander Solzhenitsyn .......................................................... 548Hold Fast Your Dreams—and Trust Your Mistakes Billy Joel ................................................................................ 760

Exposition

Content-Area Essays and ArticlesA Quilt of a Country Anna Quindlen ......................................................................... 21Artful Research Susan Vreeland ........................................................................ 22Feel the City’s Pulse? It’s Be-Bop, Man! Ann Douglas ............................................................................ 91The Healdsburg Jazz Festival Winter 2007 The Grapevine Rag ................................................................... 93The Marginal World Rachel Carson ........................................................................ 156Making History With Vitamin C Penny Le Couteur and Jay Burreson ...................................... 168Interactive Dig Renée Friedman ..................................................................... 185

Tides Joseph D. Exline, Ed.D.; Jay M. Pasachoff, Ph.D.; et al. ........ 299Black Water Turns the Tide on Florida Coral NASA ..................................................................................... 303The Spider and the Wasp Alexander Petrunkevitch ........................................................ 464from LongitudeDava Sobel ..............................................................................474A Toast to the Oldest Inhabitant: The Weather of New EnglandMark Twain ............................................................................ 520The History of the Guitar Thomas A. Hill........................................................................ 579Mali Adapted from Dorling Kindersley World Reference Atlas ....... 753Will All the Blue Men End Up in Timbuktu? Stefan Lovgren ....................................................................... 755On Using Research David Henry Hwang ............................................................. 1024Careers in Science: Firefighter ................................................ 1123

Memoirsfrom Swimming to AntarcticaLynne Cox ................................................................................. 62Occupation: Conductorette Maya Angelou.......................................................................... 78from Places Left Unfinished at the Time of CreationJohn Phillip Santos .............................................................. 1053

Narrative EssaysMarian Anderson, Famous Concert Singer Langston Hughes ..................................................................... 98Voices from the Wall Marco Mielcarek .................................................................... 405Everest Erik Weihenmayer .................................................................. 452The Dog That Bit People James Thurber ....................................................................... 525from Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese-American Family Yoshiko Uchida ....................................................................... 586

Personal EssaysThe Leader in the Mirror Pat Mora .................................................................................414The Sun Parlor Dorothy West ......................................................................... 490

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Functional TextEgyptology Resources Nigel Strudwick ..................................................................... 183How to Use a Compass ..........................................................513GPS Quick-Start Guide ..........................................................515California State University at Fullerton Course Catalog ................................................................................. 581Library Hours and Exhibit Placards Folger Shakespeare Library .................................................... 695Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System: Borrower Services .................................................................697The County of Sonoma Volunteer Application ..............1009BLS Career Information: Urban Planner U.S. Department of Labor .....................................................1011The Georgia Certified Firefighters Physical Agility Test City of Perry Fire Department ...............................................1125

Literature in Context—Reading in Content Areas

History Connection:Encyclopedias and the Enlightenment (illustrated) ........... 26Geography Connection:Antarctica: The Coldest Place on Earth (illustrated) ........ 69History Connection: San Francisco and the Gold Rushes.....................................83

Science Connection: Physics ......................................................................................129

History Connection:The Voyages of Captain James Cook (illustrated) ........... 175History Connection: The Great Migration (illustrated) ........................................ 249Language Connection: Spanish Vocabulary ...............................................................274

History Connection: The Babylonian Captivity .....................................................321

History Connection:The Emancipation of the Serfs (illustrated) ...................... 350Geography Connection:Nigerian Civil War (illustrated) ............................................. 362

Architecture Connection:Architectural Features ......................................................... 388

Science Connection:Studying Animal Behavior ................................................... 468

Science Connection:Longitude and Latitude..........................................................478

Culture Connection:Mexican American Pride (illustrated) ................................. 503

World Events Connection:Repression in the Soviet Union (illustrated) ...................... 550

Humanities Connection:Greek Chorus (illustrated) ...................................................... 830

Culture Connection:Ancient Greek Funeral Rites ............................................... 844

History Connection:Roman Society (illustrated) .................................................... 900

Language Connection:Archaic Word Forms ..............................................................918

Culture Connection:Roman Augurs (illustrated) .................................................... 928

History Connection:The Roman Senate (illustrated) ............................................. 930

History Connection:The Roman Forum (illustrated) ...............................................942

Humanities Connection:Stoicism ....................................................................................976

History Connection: Roman Triumphs......................................................................991

Culture Connection:The Twelve Olympian Gods ................................................1068

Culture Connection:Traditional Great Plains Culture .......................................1081

Culture Connection:Griot: The Mind of the People ............................................1103

History Connection:Tournaments ..........................................................................1162

Science Connection:Eclipses (illustrated) ............................................................1199

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Adventure Storiesfrom Moby-Dick Herman Melville ..................................................................... 336An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Ambrose Bierce ......................................................................... 480To Build a Fire Jack London ............................................................................... 596

AllegoriesThe Turtle John Steinbeck ...................................................................... 758

Graphic NovelsTrapped in a Comic Book Jules Feiffer ........................................................................... 889

Humor/SatireThe Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras Country Mark Twain ............................................................................ 576

MythsThe Earth on Turtle’s Back Onondaga ................................................................................. 20When Grizzlies Walked Upright Modoc ...................................................................................... 24from The Navajo Origin LegendNavajo ...................................................................................... 27

Realistic FictionAn Episode of War Stephen Crane ....................................................................... 508The Story of an Hour Kate Chopin .......................................................................... 628A Wagner Matinée Willa Cather ........................................................................... 652Winter Dreams F. Scott Fitzgerald .................................................................. 730from The White HeronSarah Orne Jewett ................................................................ 797In Another Country Ernest Hemingway ................................................................. 800Ambush Tim O’Brien .............................................................................810The Jilting of Granny Weatherall Katherine Anne Porter ........................................................... 834

A Worn Path Eudora Welty ......................................................................... 848The Life You Save May Be Your Own Flannery O’Connor .................................................................1012The First Seven Years Bernard Malamud ................................................................ 1028The Rockpile James Baldwin .................................................................... 1082Antojos Julia Alvarez ........................................................................ 1298Everyday Use Alice Walker .........................................................................1312Everything Stuck to Him Raymond Carver ................................................................... 1326

Science Fiction/Fantasy/GothicThe Devil and Tom Walker Washington Irving .................................................................. 228The Minister’s Black Veil Nathaniel Hawthorne ............................................................. 272The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allan Poe ...................................................................... 292Where Is Here? Joyce Carol Oates .................................................................. 325A Rose for Emily William Faulkner .....................................................................816

Drama

Multi-Act Playsfrom A Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberry ................................................................ 1117The Crucible Arthur Miller .........................................................................1124

Screenplaysfrom Cold MountainAnthony Minghella ................................................................. 546from Good Night, and Good LuckGeorge Clooney, Grant Heslov ...............................................1241

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BalladsDust Bowl RefugeeWoody Guthrie ............................................................................768

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Ars Poetica Archibald MacLeish ............................................................... 789Poetry Marianne Moore .................................................................... 791Chicago Carl Sandburg ........................................................................ 868Grass Carl Sandburg ........................................................................ 870Birches Robert Frost ........................................................................... 874Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Robert Frost ........................................................................... 877Mending Wall Robert Frost ........................................................................... 878The Negro Speaks of Rivers Langston Hughes ................................................................... 902I, Too Langston Hughes ................................................................... 904Dream Variations Langston Hughes ................................................................... 906Study the Masters Lucille Clifton ..........................................................................915For My Children Colleen McElroy ..................................................................... 916Mirror Sylvia Plath .......................................................................... 1052Courage Anne Sexton ........................................................................ 1053 Cuttings Theodore Roethke ................................................................ 1058Cuttings (later) Theodore Roethke ................................................................ 1060The Explorer Gwendolyn Brooks ............................................................... 1064The Filling Station Elizabeth Bishop ................................................................... 1075

The Secret Denise Levertov ................................................................... 1339Camouflaging the Chimera Yusef Komunyakaa ............................................................... 1350 Streets Naomi Shihab Nye ............................................................... 1353The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica Judith Ortiz Cofer ................................................................. 1366

Narrative PoemsThe Raven Edgar Allan Poe .......................................................................312Luke Havergal Edward Arlington Robinson ................................................... 642Richard Cory Edward Arlington Robinson ................................................... 644The Unknown Citizen W. H. Auden ........................................................................... 774anyone lived in a pretty how town E. E. Cummings ...................................................................... 781“Out, Out—“ Robert Frost ........................................................................... 880Traveling Through the Dark William Stafford .................................................................. 1336The Gift Li-Young Lee......................................................................... 1342Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper Martin Espada ..................................................................... 1348 Halley’s Comet Stanley Kunitz ...................................................................... 1358

Songs/SpiritualsGo Down, Moses Traditional .............................................................................. 532Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Traditional .............................................................................. 534

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Speeches/Sermonsfrom Sinners in the Hands of an Angry GodJonathan Edwards ................................................................... 86from What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?Frederick Douglass ................................................................... 97Speech in the Virginia Convention Patrick Henry ......................................................................... 100Speech in the Convention Benjamin Franklin ................................................................... 105The Gettysburg Address Abraham Lincoln .................................................................... 538I Will Fight No More Forever Chief Joseph .......................................................................... 622Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech William Faulkner .................................................................... 828Inaugural Address John F. Kennedy ....................................................................1104

ExpositionEssays About Art, Literature, and LanguagePromise and Paradox: American Autobiography William L. Andrews.................................................................. 14Susan Power Introduces “Museum Indians” Susan Power ............................................................................ 32 William L. Andrews Introduces Olaudah Equiano William L. Andrews................................................................ 166Inspired by Nature Gretel Ehrlich ......................................................................... 222On Writing “The Raven” Edgar Allan Poe .......................................................................311 Charles Johnson Introduces Ralph Waldo Emerson Charles Johnson .................................................................... 362 Gretel Ehrlich Introduces Henry David Thoreau Gretel Ehrlich ......................................................................... 374Reckless Genius: Emily Dickinson Galway Kinnell ........................................................................418from Preface to the 1855 Edition of Leaves of GrassWalt Whitman ....................................................................... 426

America’s Epic James E. Miller, Jr. ................................................................ 437Defining an Era Nell Irvin Painter .....................................................................474Nell Irvin Painter Introduces Sojourner Truth Nell Irvin Painter .................................................................... 550from How to Tell a StoryMark Twain ............................................................................ 575Literature as a Magic Carpet Tim O’Brien ............................................................................ 703A Few Don’ts Ezra Pound ..............................................................................719Migrant Mother Dorothea Lange ..................................................................... 767Tim O’Brien Introduces “Ambush” Tim O’Brien ............................................................................ 808 The Purpose of Theater Arthur Miller .......................................................................... 978Life in His Language: James Baldwin Toni Morrison ....................................................................... 1096Arthur Miller Introduces The CrucibleArthur Miller .........................................................................1120On “Antojos” Julia Alvarez ........................................................................ 1294The Nature of Slang from The American LanguageH. L. Mencken ...................................................................... 1375Onomatopoeia William Safire ...................................................................... 1379Essays About Ideasfrom NatureRalph Waldo Emerson ............................................................... 366from Self-RelianceRalph Waldo Emerson ............................................................ 369from WaldenHenry David Thoreau ............................................................. 378from Civil Disobedience Henry David Thoreau ............................................................. 388

Historical Accountsfrom A Journey Through Texas Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca ................................................... 48Boulders Taller Than the Great Tower of Seville García López de Cárdenas ........................................................ 52from Of Plymouth PlantationWilliam Bradford ...................................................................... 58Crossing the Great Divide Meriwether Lewis.................................................................. 250 from Mary Chesnut’s Civil War Mary Chesnut ........................................................................ 495Recollections of a Private Warren Lee Goss ................................................................... 500


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A Confederate Account of the Battle of Gettysburg Randolph McKim .................................................................... 502from Heading WestMiriam Davis Colt ...................................................................617Urban Renewal Sean Ramsey ....................................................................... 1401Playing for the Fighting Sixty-Ninth William Harvey .................................................................... 1403

Humorous EssaysThe Night the Ghost Got In James Thurber ....................................................................... 860Coyote v. Acme Ian Frazier ............................................................................ 1384

JournalismA Community’s Roots (abstract) Samir S. Patel ........................................................................ 559from Hiroshima John Hersey ........................................................................... 984A Rock of the Modern Age, Arthur Miller Is Everywhere Mel Gussow ......................................................................... 1253

LettersLetter from the President’s House John Adams ........................................................................... 181Letter to Her Daughter From the New White House Abigail Adams ........................................................................ 182Letter to His Son Robert E. Lee ......................................................................... 541

Memoirs/Autobiographyfrom The Autobiography Benjamin Franklin ................................................................... 140Straw Into Gold: The Metamorphosis of the Everyday Sandra Cisneros ..................................................................... 159 from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano Olaudah Equiano .................................................................... 170from Black BoyRichard Wright ........................................................................517from My Bondage and My FreedomFrederick Douglass ................................................................. 520An Account of an Experience With Discrimination Sojourner Truth ...................................................................... 554 from Life on the MississippiMark Twain ............................................................................ 570from The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt KidBill Bryson .............................................................................. 589from Dust Tracks on a RoadZora Neale Hurston ................................................................ 930from The Woman WarriorMaxine Hong Kingston......................................................... 1426

from The NamesN. Scott Momaday ............................................................... 1434

Personal EssaysMuseum Indians Susan Power ............................................................................ 34All-American Writer Julia Alvarez ........................................................................ 1291 One Day, Now Broken in Two Anna Quindlen ..................................................................... 1394Mother Tongue Amy Tan ................................................................................1410For the Love of Books Rita Dove ..............................................................................1418

Political Documentsfrom The Iroquois Constitution Dekanawidah ........................................................................... 42 The Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson ...................................................................112from The American CrisisThomas Paine..........................................................................117Commission of Meriwether Lewis Thomas Jefferson .................................................................. 245

Scientific Accountsfrom Mars Rover Mission UpdateSteve Squyres .......................................................................... 69Water on Tap United States EPA.................................................................. 393Kissimmee River Restoration and Upper Basin Initiatives .................................................... 395

Technical AccountsDemographic Aspects of Surnames from Census 2000David L. Word, Charles D. Coleman ....................................... 1443

Functional TextHow to Watch a Debate ...................................................... 129Help North Texas Vote ......................................................... 132Floor Plan of President’s HouseBenjamin Latrobe.................................................................. 184Government FormVirginia Department of Historic Resources ......................... 561Online Citation Organizer ..................................................... 939Wikipedia Entry .................................................................... 941Mission StatementThe Statue of Liberty–Ellis Island Foundation .................. 1446

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Unit 1: A Gathering of VoicesLiterature of Early America (Beginnings to 1800) Snapshot of the Period ...................................................................2Richard Lederer Developing American EnglishOur Native American Heritage ................................................ 9William L. AndrewsAmerica Begins with a Promise and a Paradox ........................ 14

Unit 2: A Growing NationLiterature of the American Renaissance (1800 to 1870) Snapshot of the Period .............................................................210Richard Lederer Developing American EnglishThe Truth About O.K. ............................................................. 221Gretel EhrlichInspired by Nature ................................................................. 222

Unit 3: Division, Reconciliation, and ExpansionLiterature of the Civil War and the Frontier (1850 to 1914) Snapshot of the Period ............................................................ 462Richard Lederer Developing American English Mark Twain and the American Language .................................471Nell Irvin PainterDefining an Era .......................................................................474

Unit 4: Disillusion, Defiance, and DiscontentLiterature of the Modern Age (1914 to 1945) Snapshot of the Period ............................................................ 690Richard Lederer Developing American English Slang as It Is Slung ................................................................ 701Tim O’Brien Literature as a Magic Carpet ................................................. 702

Unit 5: Prosperity and ProtestLiterature of the Post-War Era (1945 to 1970) Snapshot of the Period ......................................................... 966Arthur Miller The Purpose of Theater ......................................................... 978

Unit 6: New Voices, New FrontiersLiterature of the Contemporary Period (1970 to Present) Snapshot of the Period ...................................................... 1278Richard Lederer Developing American English Brave New Words ................................................................ 1287Julia AlvarezAll-American Writer ............................................................. 1290

The American Experience—Reading in the Humanities

Anne Bradstreet and John Berryman ...................................... 7African Americans and Women in the Revolution .................11Thomas Paine: Essayist, Hero of the Revolution, Father of the Internet? ............................................................12The Mayflower ....................................................................... 60Biblical Imagery ...................................................................... 88John Locke and the Social Contract .....................................114Benjamin Franklin in Our World ........................................... 146The Slave Trade .....................................................................174Sacajawea, Guide for Lewis and Clark .................................215Walden Pond and Tinker Creek .............................................217Emily Dickinson: Poet, Recluse . . . Gamer? .........................218Jonathan Edwards, Puritans, and Sermons of Fear ............ 276The Golden Age of Yankee Whaling ................................... 344Realism in Painting: The Ashcan School ............................. 467Mark Twain, The Original Time Traveler ............................. 468Photographer Mathew Brady ............................................... 509Slave Narratives ................................................................... 526Women Get the Vote ............................................................ 695William Faulkner: Hollywood Screen Doctor ...................... 698Modernism .............................................................................713The Jazz Age ........................................................................ 746Two Influential Writers ........................................................ 820Zora Neale Hurston Rediscovered ....................................... 935The Landscapes of Richard Diebenkorn .............................. 971Jack Kerouac: King of the Roadtrip ..................................... 972Rachel Carson and Environmental Writing ......................... 977World War II ......................................................................... 992Southern Regionalism ........................................................ 1021Arthur Miller and the Blacklist ............................................1166A. R. Ammons, Emersonian Postmodernist ....................... 1277Stephanie Strickland: Hypertext Poetry Pioneer .............. 1288


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World Literature ConnectionsThe Tenth Muse ............................................................................78Proverbs ......................................................................................151The Faust Legend .......................................................................235Mount Olympus ......................................................................... 382Capturing the Moment ...............................................................413Challenging Women’s Roles ......................................................631Dramatic Monologue: Robert Browning................................... 646The Hero’s Quest ........................................................................851Terza Rima: Dante ..................................................................... 883Political Drama: Maxim Gorky ................................................. 1137Political Drama: Bertolt Brecht ................................................ 1171Political Drama: Federico García Lorca ................................... 1199Political Drama: Wole Soyinka ................................................1223Ars Poetica ...............................................................................1368

Literary HistoryAll the News That’s Fit to Print .................................................134A Gallery of Autobiography .......................................................156The Gothic Family Tree .............................................................. 322Transcendentalism: The Seekers .............................................. 360Mark Twain: The American Bard .............................................. 564“School” of American Humor ................................................... 586The Harlem Renaissance .......................................................... 896Poetry of Identity ........................................................................912The Beats ................................................................................. 1044Political Drama Around the World ...........................................1238The Poets Laureate ..................................................................1362

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Allegoryfrom The Pilgrim’s Progress John Bunyan .......................................................................... 554

Fantasyfrom Neverwhere Neil Gaiman ........................................................................... 584

Graphic Novelfrom Beowulf Gareth Hinds ............................................................................ 77

Historical Fictionfrom A Journal of the Plague Year Daniel Defoe .......................................................................... 590

Novelfrom Crime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoevsky ................................................................. 991from Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë .................................................................. 1030from Mrs. Dalloway Virginia Woolf .......................................................................1198 from Pedro Páramo Juan Rulfo .............................................................................1211from The Nine Guardians Rosario Castellanos ..............................................................1213

Romancefrom Morte d’ArthurSir Thomas Malory ................................................................. 185

Satire and Social Commentaryfrom Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift ...................................................................... 606from Hard Times Charles Dickens ..................................................................... 998

Short StoryFederigo’s Falcon Giovanni Boccaccio ................................................................ 158An Upheaval Anton Chekhov ......................................................................1013The Lady in the Looking Glass: A Reflection Virginia Woolf .......................................................................1192Home Anton Chekhov ......................................................................1217

The Lagoon Joseph Conrad ..................................................................... 1220Araby James Joyce ........................................................................ 1236The Rocking-Horse Winner D. H. Lawrence ................................................................... 1246A Shocking Accident Graham Greene ................................................................... 1263The Demon Lover Elizabeth Bowen .................................................................. 1298No Witchcraft for Sale Doris Lessing ....................................................................... 1328The Train from Rhodesia Nadine Gordimer .................................................................. 1342V. S. Naipaul B. Wordsworth ..................................................................... 1349A Devoted Son Anita Desai .......................................................................... 1420Next Term, We’ll Mash You Penelope Lively .................................................................... 1436

Drama

Multi-Act Playsfrom Hamlet William Shakespeare ............................................................. 309Macbeth William Shakespeare ............................................................. 322 from Oedipus the King Sophocles .............................................................................. 423from Faust Johann Wolfgang von Goethe................................................ 430from TartuffeJean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere ............................................. 309

One-Act PlaysThe Curse of Frankenstein Saturday Night Live ............................................................... 769Come and Go Samuel Beckett ................................................................... 1380That’s All Harold Pinter ....................................................................... 1384

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Woo’d and Married and A’ Joanna Baillie .........................................................................741Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey William Wordsworth .............................................................. 780I Have Visited Again Alexander Pushkin ................................................................. 799Invitation to the Voyage Charles Baudelaire ................................................................. 802Thick Grow the Rush Leaves Anonymous ............................................................................ 805Jade Flower Palace Tu Fu ...................................................................................... 806Tanka Ki Tsurayuki ........................................................................... 807Tanka Priest Jakuren ........................................................................ 807Tanka Ono Komachi .......................................................................... 808Kubla Khan Samuel Taylor Coleridge ........................................................ 846She Walks in Beauty George Gordon, Lord Byron .................................................... 855from Childe Harold’s PilgrimageGeorge Gordon, Lord Byron .................................................... 856To a Skylark Percy Bysshe Shelley ............................................................. 873from The Princess: Tears, Idle TearsAlfred, Lord Tennyson ............................................................ 969Life in a Love Robert Browning .................................................................... 981Remembrance Emily Brontë ..........................................................................1074The Darkling Thrush Thomas Hardy ...................................................................... 1078When I Was One-and-Twenty A. E. Housman ..................................................................... 1093When You Are Old William Butler Yeats .............................................................1140The Lake Isle of Innisfree William Butler Yeats .............................................................1141The Wild Swans at Coole William Butler Yeats .............................................................1142Preludes T. S. Eliot ...............................................................................1156Carrick Revisited Louis MacNeice ....................................................................1180Wirers Siegfried Sassoon ................................................................ 1276

Vergissmeinnicht (Forget Me Not) Keith Douglas ........................................................................1310Postscript: for Gweno Alun Lewis ............................................................................1312Naming of Parts Henry Reed ...........................................................................1313Follower Seamus Heaney ................................................................... 1368Fern Hill Dylan Thomas ...................................................................... 1392An Arundel Tomb Philip Larkin ......................................................................... 1402The Explosion Philip Larkin ......................................................................... 1404Not Waving but Drowning Stevie Smith ........................................................................ 1408

Narrative Poemsfrom The Canterbury Tales: PrologueGeoffrey Chaucer ..................................................................... 96from Sir Gawain and the Green KnightMarie Borroff, Translator ....................................................... 170The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Samuel Taylor Coleridge ........................................................ 820The Lady of Shalott Alfred, Lord Tennyson ............................................................ 963

OdesOde to the West Wind Percy Bysshe Shelley ............................................................ 870Ode to a Nightingale John Keats ............................................................................. 886Ode on a Grecian Urn John Keats ............................................................................. 890Ode to My Suit Pablo Neruda ......................................................................... 775

Philosophical, Reflective, and Satirical Poemsfrom Eve’s Apology Amelia Lanier ......................................................................... 560from An Essay on Man Alexander Pope ...................................................................... 630from The Rape of the LockAlexander Pope ...................................................................... 632from Don JuanGeorge Gordon, Lord Byron .................................................... 860Dover Beach Matthew Arnold ................................................................. 1042

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Song LyricsEli, the Barrow Boy Colin Meloy .......................................................................... 1061

SestinaTwo Lorries Seamus Heaney ................................................................... 1370

SonnetsSonnet 1 Edmund Spenser .................................................................... 254Sonnet 35 Edmund Spenser .................................................................... 254Sonnet 75 Sir Philip Sidney ..................................................................... 256Sonnet 31 Sir Philip Sidney ..................................................................... 259Sonnet 39 Sir Philip Sidney ..................................................................... 260Sonnet 29 William Shakespeare ............................................................. 275Sonnet 106 William Shakespeare ............................................................. 275

Sonnet 116 William Shakespeare ............................................................. 276Sonnet 130 William Shakespeare ............................................................. 278Holy Sonnet 10 John Donne ........................................................................... 486Sonnets VII, XIX John Milton........................................................................... 522The World Is Too Much With Us William Wordsworth .............................................................. 790London, 1802 William Wordsworth .............................................................. 791Ozymandias Percy Bysshe Shelley ............................................................. 868On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer John Keats ............................................................................ 883When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be John Keats ............................................................................. 885Sonnet 43 Elizabeth Barrett Browning ................................................... 986God’s Grandeur Gerard Manley Hopkins ....................................................... 1088The Soldier Rupert Brooke .......................................................................1274Anthem for Doomed Youth Wilfred Owen ...................................................................... 1277Prayer Carol Ann Duffy ....................................................................1412

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Biographyfrom The Life of Samuel Johnson James Boswell ....................................................................... 655

Diaryfrom The Diary Samuel Pepys ........................................................................ 571

Essays About Art, Literature, and LanguageBurton Raffel Introduces Beowulf Burton Raffel ........................................................................... 36Seamus Heaney Discusses Beowulf Seamus Heaney ....................................................................... 68Frank Kermode Introduces Macbeth Frank Kermode ........................................................................314from On Knocking at the Gate in MacbethThomas De Quincy ................................................................. 356Macbeth as King Ian Johnston .......................................................................... 399from A Defense of PoetryPercy Bysshe Shelley ............................................................. 535from Surprised by SinStanley Fish ........................................................................... 535from Days of ObligationRichard Rodriguez .................................................................. 686On Frankenstein Elizabeth McCracken ............................................................. 756from The White Knight’s SongLewis Carroll .......................................................................... 789Charles Dickens George Orwell ...................................................................... 1005James Berry Introduces “From Lucy: Englan’ Lady,” “Time Removed,” and “Freedom” James Berry ......................................................................... 1052The English Language Takes Root in India Anita Desai ...........................................................................1134On A Devoted Son Anita Desai ...........................................................................1416

Essays About HistoryEngland’s Green, Fertile Land Burton Raffel ........................................................................... 14Life in Elizabethan and Jacobean England Frank Kermode ....................................................................... 248On 18th Century EnglandRichard Rodriguez .................................................................. 476On 19th Century EnglandElizabeth McCracken ............................................................. 729

Essays About Ideasfrom The Fallacy of SuccessG. K. Chesterton .................................................................... 775from A Vindication of the Rights of WomanMary Wollstonecraft .............................................................. 916Shakespeare’s Sister Virginia Woolf ...................................................................... 1202Shooting an Elephant George Orwell .......................................................................1318from We’ll Never Conquer SpaceArthur C. Clarke ................................................................... 1446

Historical Accounts and Textsfrom A History of the English Church and People Bede......................................................................................... 84Examination of Don Luis de Córdoba Don Luis de Córdoba .............................................................. 288Charles II’s Declaration to London King Charles II ........................................................................ 578from A Dictionary of the English Language Samuel Johnson .................................................................... 648Evacuation Scheme English Government ............................................................. 1291

Journalismfrom Disappearing Act: An Interview with Cate BlanchettJohn Lahr ............................................................................... 293Designing a Globe Theatre for the 21st CenturyEric Jaffe ............................................................................... 437The Scottish Play Told With Sound and Fury and Puppets Lawrence van Gelder ............................................................. 439from The Aims of the Spectator Joseph Addison .............. 682Progress in Personal Comfort Sydney Smith ...................1065Iraqi War Blog Riverbend......................................................1281

LettersLetters of Margaret Paston Margaret Paston…… ............................................................ 201On the Passing of the Reform Bill Thomas Babington Macaulay ................................................. 904On the Making of an Agreeable Marriage Jane Austen ............................................................................912

Personal EssaysIntroduction to Frankenstein Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley ................................................. 760Growing Up in Colonial Jamaica James Berry ........................................................................... 955from Days of Obligation Richard Rodriguez .................................................................. 689


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SatireA Modest Proposal Jonathan Swift ......................................................................617

SermonMeditation 17 John Donne ............................................................................ 488

SpeechesSpeech Before Her Troops Queen Elizabeth I ................................................................... 285 Speech in Favor of Reform Lord John Russell ................................................................... 899Speech Against Reform Sir Robert Peel ....................................................................... 902from a Speech on Virginia WoolfMichael Cunningham ........................................................... 1201Wartime Speech Winston Churchill................................................................. 1287

Technical AccountsExtra-Terrestrial Relays Arthur C. Clarke ................................................................... 1455Weather in the Palm of Your Hand Space Science and Engineering Center................................ 1457

Functional TextsBritannica Online: English Literature ...........................................71

Wikipedia Entry: Davy Crockett ..................................................73

The Mayor’s Annual Report 2004 ........................................... 599

Transit Map and Schedule ........................................................601

Traffic Management, Lake District ...........................................811

Exploring Lancashire and the Lakes ..........................................814

Charles Dickens Museum Web Site ........................................1023

Andalusia Brochure ..................................................................1025

Cook’s Railroad Advertisement ...............................................1068

Historical and Literary Background

Unit 1: From Legend to History (a.d. 449 to 1485)Snapshot of the Period ...................................................................2Richard Lederer The Changing English LanguageThe Beginnings of English .......................................................... 7Burton Raffel England’s Green, Fertile Land ...................................................15

Unit 2: Celebrating Humanity (1485 to 1625)Snapshot of the Period .............................................................. 236Richard Lederer The Changing English Language:A Man of Fire-New Words ......................................................241Frank Kermode Life in Elizabethan and Jacobean England ............................. 249

Unit 3: A Turbulent Time: The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (1625 to 1798)Snapshot of the Period .............................................................. 464Richard Lederer The Changing English LanguageNo Harmless Drudge, He ....................................................... 469Richard Rodriguez From Small Towns to Big Cities ............................................. 477

Unit 4: Rebels and Dreamers (1798 to 1832)Snapshot of the Period ...............................................................716Richard Lederer The Changing English LanguageThe Romantic Age .................................................................. 723Elizabeth McCracken Creating a Legend .................................................................. 729

Unit 5: Progress and Decline (1833 to 1901)Snapshot of the Period ...............................................................942Richard Lederer The Changing English LanguageEuphemisms: The Fig Leaves of Language ............................. 949James Berry Growing up in Colonial Jamaica............................................. 955

Unit 6: A Time of Rapid Change (1901 to Present)Snapshot of the Period .............................................................1122Richard Lederer The Changing English LanguageBritspeak, A to Zed ...............................................................1129Anita Desai The English Language Takes Root in India ............................1135

The British Tradition—Reading in the Humanities

Guilds and the Status of Women ..................................................9King Arthur: Legendary Hero, Broadway Star! ...........................13The Literature of Social Observation ........................................ 116High Fashion in the Elizabethan Age .........................................243

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To Be or Not to Be. . . A Rocker! ...............................................247 Proper Behavior For Children ....................................................472John Milton: Epic Poet or Computer Visionary? .......................475Neoclassical Style and the Heroic Couplet .............................. 637The Lake District, Cradle of Romanticism .................................721The Literature of Scotland .........................................................738The Evolution of the Self .......................................................... 783The Tradition of Fantasy .......................................................... .839The Literature of Protest ............................................................917The Values of Empire and the Values of Art .............................947The Brontës: Fantasy Forerunners............................................ 953A Crisis of Faith ......................................................................... 966Planned Town. Unplanned Poet ............................................... 1127George Orwell: More Relevant Than Ever! .............................1133The Literary Magazine ............................................................. 1165The Irish Tradition .....................................................................1240


Anglo-Saxon Metalwork science .................................................54Atlas Page of the British Isles geography ....................................87Selfsame Sovereignty history ...................................................146Folk Ballads culture ....................................................................205 Elizabethan Concepts of Monarchy culture ............................. 350Stagecraft at the Globe culture ................................................369Shifting Meanings vocabulary .................................................. 388The Real Macbeth history ........................................................ 408The Greek Chorus and Players drama .......................................424Mapping Allegory culture ......................................................... 556The Vocabulary of Religious Conflict culture .......................... 609The Irish Troubles history ..........................................................621Fashions of the Times culture .................................................. 640Rise of the Middle Class culture .............................................. 683Shelley and Science science ...................................................... 877Government Terms vocabulary ................................................. 906Technological Advances in the 19th Century science .............1067Yeats’s Philosophy culture .......................................................1144Vocabulary of Empire vocabulary ............................................1321Colonial Rhodesia history ........................................................1333Apartheid history .....................................................................1344Dylan Thomas and Poetry in Performance culture ................1391Where Is Our Island Home? culture ........................................1452

World Literature Connections

Comparing Across World LiteratureFrame Stories .............................................................................156Tragedy .......................................................................................421Epics ............................................................................................541Lyric Poetry .................................................................................797Social Criticism ......................................................................... 1011Stream-of-Consciousness Narratives .....................................1209

World Literature ConnectionThe Literature of Exile ..................................................................22Battling Demons in the Ramayana ..............................................52Petrarch, Father of the Sonnet ................................................. 254Parables Around the World ...................................................... 302Reinventing the Epic ...................................................................531Byron’s Influence on World Literature ..................................... 862Pablo Neruda’s Odes ................................................................. 888The Nineteenth-Century Novel ...............................................1000The Greek Anthology ................................................................1082Joseph Conrad, International Author ......................................1229Politics and Fiction ...................................................................1354

Literary HistoryChaucer’s Guided Tour of Medieval Life and Literature .............90Gallery of Frame Stories ............................................................155The Elizabethan Theater ............................................................310The Changing Tragic Hero ..........................................................420Milton’s Epic Ambition ...............................................................516Epics in World Literature .......................................................... 540The Muse’s Children: Lyric Poets in World Literature .............................................. 796The Curious Workshop of Charles Dickens: Making Myths........................................................................ 992The Novelist as Social Critic ....................................................1010Modernism and Beyond ........................................................... 1152How “The Hollow Men” Was Written ....................................1160Stream of Consciousness.........................................................1208Contemporary British Fiction ...................................................1432New British Nonfiction ............................................................1460

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