Norton Anthology of American Literature, 6^th Edition, Volume A

Literature to 1700

Native Americans:

• Stories of the Beginning of the World -- Native American Creation Stories/Myths
• Native American Trickster Tales -- Native American Stories of the Trickster Character

Explorers:

• Christopher Columbus -- Spanish Explorer
• Bartolome De Las Casas -- Spanish Explorer
• Bernal Diaz Del Castillo -- Spanish Explorer
• Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca -- Spanish Explorer
• Garcilaso De La Vega -- Spanish Explorer
• Thomas Harriot -- English Explorer
• Samuel De Champlain -- French Explorer
• John Smith -- English Explorer / Jamestown and the Pocahontas Legend

Pilgrims and Puritans:

• William Bradford -- Pilgrim Governor of Plymouth Plantation / History
• Thomas Morton -- "Troublemaker" for Bradford
• John Winthrop -- Puritan Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony / Sermon; Journal
• Roger Williams -- "Troublemaker" for Winthrop
• Anne Bradstreet -- Puritan Poet and Daughter/Wife of Puritan Leaders
• Michael Wigglesworth -- Puritan / Poet
• Mary Rowlandson -- Puritan / Indian Captivity Narrative
• Edward Taylor -- Puritan Minister and Poet
• Samuel Sewall -- Puritan; Salem Witch Trials Judge / Diary; Anti-Slavery Essay
• Cotton Mather -- Puritan Minister and Essayist
• [Jonathan Edwards] -- Puritan Minister and a Leader of the "Great Awakening"

Others:

• Jacob Steendam -- Dutch / Poet
• Adriaen Van Der Donck -- Dutch / Descriptive Essay
• Francis Daniel Pastorious -- German; Founded Settlement in Pennsylvania / History