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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.

(Review the Internet Primer section of this OLC 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.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=4251
Lorenzo Carcaterra

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

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/E/htmlE/ellerbeelin/ellerbeelin.htm
Linda Ellerbee

http://www.annefrank.com/
Anne Frank

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://sun.menloschool.org/~sportman/ethnic/individual/mccall/
Nathan McCall

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

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

http://www.clancyfaq.com/
Tom Clancy

http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-clark-mary.asp
Mary Higgins Clark

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://www.danielkeyesauthor.com/
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://aalbc.com/authors/terry.htm
Terry McMillan

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

http://www.pbs.org/harriman/current/2001_part/peck.html
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.nytimes.com/books/97/08/03/lifetimes/white.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.kirjasto.sci.fi/melville.htm
Herman Melville

http://www.marktwainhouse.org/
Mark Twain

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Which author or authors did you decide to learn more about?
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Why did you choose to explore more about this author?
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Did you obtain the information you expected to find?
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What questions do you have after reading the information available on this website?
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What is the most valuable part of this website?
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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?







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