
Free E-books
This page includes where you can find free e-books and poetry of some of the writers who have stops on our Author Adventures state trails. Visit our state pages for suggested titles, biographical information, and specific trail locations.
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E-books listed by writer:
Ager, Waldemar: books.google.co.cr/books
Trail: Wisconsin
Angelou, Maya: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/maya-angelou
Trail: Arkansas
Audubon, John James: gutenberg.org
Trails: Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas, Utah
Baum, L. Frank: gutenberg.org
Trails: District of Columbia, Kansas, Utah
Beecher, Edward: google.com
Trail: Illinois
Beecher, Henry Ward: gutenberg.org
Trail: New York
Bierce, Ambrose: online-literature.com and cdlib.org
Trail: Indiana (or can be added to Ohio)
Burroughs, Edgar Rice: gutenberg.org and loyalbooks.com
Trails: California, Idaho
Cather, Willa: gutenberg.org
Trails: Nebraska, New Mexico
Chesnutt, Charles: gutenberg.org
Trails: North Carolina
Cody, “Buffalo Bill”: gutenberg.org
Trail: Wyoming
Cooper, James Fenimore: gutenberg.org
Trail: New Jersey
Crane, Stephen: gutenberg.org
Trails: Florida, New Jersey
Darling, Ding: gutenberg.org
Trail: Florida
DuBois, W.E.B.: gutenberg.org
Trail: Massachusetts
Dunbar, Paul Laurence: libraries.wright.edu/special/dunbar
Trail: Ohio
Eiseley, Loren: archive.org
Trail: Nebraska
Ellison, Ralph: gutenberg.org
Trail: Oklahoma
Emerson, Ralph Waldo: emersoncentral.com
Trail: Massachusetts
Fairchild, David: gutenberg.org
Trail: Florida
Field, Eugene: gutenberg.org
Trail: Missouri
Fitzgerald, F. Scott: gutenberg.org
Trails: Alabama, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina
Fletcher, John Gould: gutenberg.org
Trail: Arkansas
Fortier, Alcee: archive.org
Trail: Louisiana
Franklin, Benjamin: gutenberg.org
Trail: Pennsylvania
Frost, Robert: poetryfoundation.org and litgenius.com
Trails: Florida, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Mexico (Bynner stop), Texas, Vermont
Grey, Zane: gutenberg.org
Trails: Arizona, Ohio
Guest, Edgar A.: poetryfoundation.org
Trail: Florida (Las Olas stop)
Harris, Joel Chandler: uncleremus.com
Trail: Georgia
Hawthorne, Nathaniel: archive.org
Trail: Massachusetts
Hemingway, Ernest: archive.org
Trails: Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, South Carolina, Texas
Henry, O.: online-literature.com
Trails: North Carolina, Texas
Hugo, Richard: poetryfoundation.org
Trails: Montana, Washington
James, Will: gutenberg.org
Trail: Nevada
James, William: archive.org
Trail: Massachusetts
Jeffers, Robinson: poetryfoundation.org and sites.oxy.edu/special-collections/jeffers/Thepoetry.htm
Trail: California
Jefferson, Thomas: gutenberg.org and archives.gov (Declaration of Independence)
Trails: District of Columbia, Virginia
Jewett, Sarah Orne: loyalbooks.com
Trail: Maine
Keller, Helen: gutenberg.org
Trail: Alabama
Kennedy, John F.: gutenberg.org and archives.gov
Trail: Massachusetts
L’Amour, Louis: gutenberg.org
Trail: North Dakota
Lazarus, Emma: nps.gov
Trail: New York
Lewis and Clark: gutenberg.org
Trail: Oregon
Lewis, Sinclair: gutenberg.org
Trails: Minnesota, Texas (Harry Ransom Center)
Lincoln, Abraham: questia.com
Trail: Illinois
London, Jack: gutenberg.org
Trails: Alaska, California, Texas (Harry Ransom Center)
Low, Juliette Gordon: gutenberg.org
Trail: Georgia
Madison, James: constitutionus.com
Trail: Virginia
McKay, Claude: poemhunter.com
Trail: New York
Meeker, Ezra: gutenberg.org
Trail: Washington
Mencken, H.L.: gutenberg.org
Trail: Maryland
Merrick, George: etc.usf.edu
Trail: Florida
Millay, Edna St. Vincent: poets.org/poetsorg/poem/renascence
Trails: Maine, New Mexico (Bynner stop)
Muir, John: gutenberg.org
Trails: Alaska, California, Wisconsin
Munzer, Martha: http://www.lauderdalebythesea-fl.gov/Town_Docs
Trail: Florida
Nash, Ogden: poemhunter.com
Trail: Maryland
Neihardt, John: gutenberg.org
Trail: Illinois
O’Neill, Rose Cecil: gutenberg.org
Trail: Missouri
Poe, Edgar Allan: poestories.com
Trails: Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Pyle, Howard: gutenberg.org
Trail: Delaware
Rogers, Will: gutenberg.org
Trails: California, Oklahoma
Roosevelt, Theodore: gutenberg.org
Trail: North Dakota, Virginia
Russell, Charles M.: gutenberg.org
Trails: Montana, Texas (Stark Museum of Art)
Sandburg, Carl: google.com
Trails: Illinois, North Carolina
Schultz, James Willard: gutenberg.org and heritage-history.com
Trails: Arizona, Montana
Service, Robert: gutenberg.org
Trail: Alaska
Stafford, William: gutenberg.org
Trail: Oregon
Stein, Gertrude: poetryfoundation.org
Trails: California, Texas (Harry Ransom Center)
Stevens, Wallace poetryfoundation.org
Trails: Connecticut, Pennsylvania
Stevenson, Robert Louis: booksshouldbefree.com
Trails: California, Georgia
Stowe, Harriet Beecher: free-ebooks.net
Trails: Connecticut, Ohio
Thoreau, Henry David: archive.org
Trails: Massachusetts
Truth, Sojourner: gutenberg.org
Trail: Michigan
Twain, Mark: gutenberg.org
Trails: Connecticut. Missouri, Nevada
Wallace, Lew: gutenberg.org
Trail: New Mexico
Washington, Booker T.: gutenberg.org
Trails: Virginia, West Virginia
Wharton, Edith: gutenberg.org
Trail: Massachusetts
Wilder, Laura Ingalls: gutenberg.org
Trails: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota, Wisconsin
Williams, Miller: americanlifeinpoetry.org and poetryfoundation.org
Trail: Arkansas
Wolfe, Thomas: archive.org
Trail: North Carolina
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