Internet Exercises

For this assignment, explore the websites below. As an alternative, you may do a search for other relevant websites that address these topics. Be sure to note which websites you used.

(See http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/english/langan/cws/stu_olc/m0_using.htm

Using the Internet for some tips on how to judge the quality or reliability of information on any website.)

The following websites offer information about the books or authors mentioned in the list of recommended books.

http://www.mayaangelou.com/

Maya Angelou

http://www.datasync.com/~davidg59/alicia.html

Alicia Appleman-Jurman

http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0154653.html

Russell Baker

http://www.bookreporter.com/brc/author.asp?author=63

Lorenzo Carcaterra

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/capote.htm

Truman Capote

http://www.carolina.com/achievements/janapr/carson.htm

Ben Carson

http://www.harpercollins.com/catalog/author_xml.asp?authorID=2835

Linda Ellerbee

http://www.annefrank.com/

Anne Frank

http://www.geocities.com/~webwinds/frankl/frankl.htm

Viktor Frankl

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june99/mccourt_index.html

Frank McCourt

http://www.rnib.org.uk/wesupply/fctsheet/keller.htm

Helen Keller

http://www.randomhouse.com/highschool/guides/malcolmx.html

Malcolm X

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/ahaley.htm

Alex Haley

http://www.lordly.com/talent/lordly/McCallNathan.html

Nathan McCall

http://www.kansaspress.ku.edu/rhohol.html

Richard Rhodes

http://www.cheverote.com/piri.html

Piri Thomas

http://www.houserabbit.org/BaltWashDC/RichardAdams.htm

Richard Adams

http://www.clancyfaq.com/

Tom Clancy

http://mysterybooks.about.com/arts/mysterybooks/library/mad/blmad_clarkmh.htm

Mary Higgins Clark

http://www.zackcompany.com/authors/john1.htm

John Clarkson

http://www.james.dickey.com/main.html

James Dickey

http://www.ken-follett.com/

Ken Follett

http://www.william-golding.co.uk/

William Golding

http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/read/snow/guterson.html

David Guterson

http://www.randomhouse.com/features/thomasharris/

Thomas Harris

http://shell.flite.net/~dkeyes/

Daniel Keyes

http://www.stephenking.com/

Stephen King

http://www.randomhouse.com/features/koontz/fche/index.html

Dean Koontz

http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Culture/HarperLee/

Harper Lee

http://www2.dokkyo.ac.jp/~esemi006/malamud/

Bernard Malamud

http://voices.cla.umn.edu/authors/TerryMcMillan.html

Terry McMillan

http://www.gwtw.org/margaretmitchell/mm_core.html

Margaret Mitchell

http://my.athenet.net/~blahnik/rnpeck/

Robert Peck

http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/author/index.htm

J.K. Rowling

http://www.salinger.org/

J.D. Salinger

http://www.tolkiensociety.org/

J.R.R. Tolkien

http://www.umcs.maine.edu/~orono/projects/samm/facts.html

E.B. White

http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Eliot.html

George Eliot

http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Library/special/exhibits/clastext/clspg143.htm

Nathaniel Hawthorne

http://www.melville.org/

Herman Melville

http://marktwain.about.com/arts/marktwain/library/gallery/bl_gallery.htm

Mark Twain

1. Which author or authors did you decide to learn more about?

2.Why did you choose to explore more about this author?

3. Did you obtain the information you expected to find?

4. What questions do you have after reading the information available on this website?

5. What is the most valuable part of this website?

6. Add any other comments you would like to share. For example, would you recommend this site to your classmates or friends? Did you experience frustration with any aspect of this assignment?