Full screen

Share

Show pages

wow
By: Marcos and Álvaro Ribes.
CHAPTER 8
GO!!!
Want to make interactive content? It’s easy in Genially!

Over 30 million people build interactive content in Genially.

Check out what others have designed:

Transcript

wow

By: Marcos and Álvaro Ribes.

CHAPTER 8

GO!!!

Stephen King (1947-)

Harper Lee (1926-)

Mark Twain (1835 - 1910

Table of contents

One of America´s best writers, Mark Twain, was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida, Missouri. His family moved to Hannibal, Missouri in 1839 and he grew up swimming, fishing and playing near Mississippi River. As an adult, he became a steamboat pilot and met many interesting characters on the river. Later, as a writer he expressed the American spirit his books "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry" Finn. Twain wrote with humour and his books are still popular today.

Mark Twain

She only published one book, "To kill a Mockingbird" based on the racism in her hometown in the 1930s. Surprisingly, her book became an ammediate best seller and she received a Pulitzer Prize for it in 1961. One year later, Universal Pictures made a film of it. In 1999, readers of the ''Library Journal'' voted ''To Kill a Mockingbird''. Today, there are more than 30 milion copies in print and it is always high on the ''best-sellers'' list.Index

Harper Lee

Stephen King is a very popular writer of horror stories. He also writes suspense, science-fiction and fantasy novels. King was born in Portland, Maine, and began to write stories at the age of seven. He always enjoyed science-fiction and monster films. His first book, ''Carrie'', was very successful and King stopped doing his other jobs and concentrated on writing.

Stephen King

THANK YOU!!!

Next page

genially options

Show interactive elements