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Thornton Wilder

Thornton Niven Wilder
English classes in today's society have started to get away from its roots. Great American Authors are being overlooked for mediocre foreign authors more and more each day. This is a huge problem in classes today, and is truly a major reason for lack-luster efforts in reading and the decline in interest in today's students. One of these said overlooked authors is Thornton Niven Wilder. Wilder is an amazing author who should be taught in schools because of his wonderful teaching skills, his award-winning works, and his thoughtful insights in which he presents throughout all his works.
To start, Thornton Niven Wilder was born on April 17th, 1897 in Madison, Wisconsin. He lived in Madison for nine years before moving to China. Thornton traveled all over the world as a child because his father, Amos Wilder, was the U.S. Consul-General. Thornton had a love of writing and teaching at a young age. Amos was the main reason for Thornton's interests, as he was a......


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