Arthur Miller American playwright (1915–2005) whose realist dramas—like Death of a Salesman and The Crucible—examined conscience, family responsibility, and the American Dream; also worked in fi…
Horatio Alger American 19th-century author best known for boys' rags-to-riches tales that shaped the idea of upward mobility in U.S. culture; noted for Ragged Dick and a large body of juvenile f…
