About the Anthology Guided by the latest scholarship in American literary studies, and deeply committed to inclusiveness, social responsibility, and rigorous contextualization, The Broadview Anthology of American Literature balances representation of widely agreed-upon major works with a thoroughgoing reassessment of the canon that emphasizes American literature’s diversity, variety, breadth, and connections with the rest of the Americas. This concise volume represents American literature from its pre-contact Indigenous beginnings through the Reconstruction period, offering a more streamlined alternative to the full two-volume set covering the same timespan. Highlights of Concise Volume 1: Beginnings to Reconstruction • Complete texts of Mary Rowlandson’s captivity narrative; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave; and Benito Cereno • In-depth thematic sections on such topics as “Rebellions and Revolutions,” “Print Culture and Popular Literature,” and “Expansion, Native American Expulsion, and Manifest Destiny” • More extensive coverage of Indigenous oral and visual literature and African American oral literature than in competing anthologies • Full author sections in the anthology are devoted to authors such as Anne Hutchinson, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Briton Hammon, Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, José María Heredia, Black Hawk, and many others • Extensive online component offers well over a thousand pages of additional readings and other resources

Erik and his friends thought things would finally calm down. But one night at Francois Manor, a large group of Mystic Artists show up and proclaim that Erik is a fabled person called The White Prince! At that same moment, a teenager over 200 years old named Valin accuses Erik of usurping the royal title and claims that he is The White Prince! Erik doesn't care about Valin's claim, until a second stranger, a beautiful woman who holds a deep, tragic secret, starts casting illusions over Zoe Dominique! Erik realizes they must be connected. As he uncovers layers of their past, Erik discovers the woman is on an ancient quest to bring back Prince Vartan, a beloved prince from thousands of years ago. He and his entire kingdom of Vitalonia were tragically destroyed by a jealous evil. Now that evil has returned and it is only The White Prince who is strong enough to stop it! The more Erik learns about The White Prince, the more he resists that such a person could be he. But if it is, what does it truly mean?

The year is 1776. Rosanna Hall enters the debut of womanhood, right as the American colonies have charged into war against Great Britain and solidified their resolve by publishing a declaration of independency. Rosanna's father, a staunch Whig, donates the entirety of his fortune to the Continental Congress, which ruins all of her future prospects. Finding herself destitute and friendless, Rosanna bitterly abandons her parents and turns to prostitution as her only means of survival. Though Rosanna blames her parents and the Continental Congress for all her troubles, she is horrified to witness the murder of a young rebel soldier made into sport by the Tories. Unable to live with such people, she takes the murdered soldier's uniform and joins Washington's army, masquerading as a man. Into the ranks of diseased, disillusioned men she marches. Rosanna strains against the love of an officer who discovers her sex on one side, and the determination of a British colonel to dominate her on the other.

Theres only one thing Erik Seeton wants in his pathetic teenage life: to be left alone to wallow in the superficial miseries of his rejected love. But that's not what destiny has planned for him. One blisteringly cold December morning, Erik's friend Nate dares him to find the fabled French musketeer Fran ois Beauchamp's mansion in the woods. No one's ever seen it and most people think it's only a myth. When Erik and Nate actually find The Haunted Mansion, Erik discovers a breathtaking 17th century French rapier and claims it as his own. However, taking the rapier awakens Mystic Art, a powerful form of magic passed down through DNA, thrusting Erik into the heart of millenniums of strife and the ongoing war between two forgotten brothers. At first, Erik thinks he's the victim of circumstance. But he's quick to realize his friends and family are the ones in peril if he doesn't accept the magic forced upon him. Erik must confront and defeat an unleashed evil set on destroying the things he holds dear.

It started as nothing more than a simple mistake: The accidental arson of a 7-Eleven and a brother convincing her to run. It has become something she cannot control: Finding her name - an alias she had not chosen - in headlines across America. Cassidy Sundance has become a national phenomenon, a beloved rebel running from her responsibilities and leaving authorities behind. Officials must rely on a composite sketch to track her down. With a name suddenly as infamous as the outlaws themselves, Cassidy finds herself trying to make the best of her time as America's most wanted criminal. Her name precedes her before she arrives. Follow her travels across the United States. Witness how she cons cars out of strangers, hitchhikes across the interstates of the country, and even travels to Washington DC just to see the historical sights. The fun does not last. Unseen officials lurk around every corner. Lighthearted moments are shorty-lived, and Cassidy finds herself struggling to stay one step ahead of those who want her. Even her friendships on the run do not last as the odds continually mount against her. Cassidy Sundance cannot help but wonder what adventure will be her last.