Match the description to the phrase 1. champion of realism bestseller of nineteenth century 2. uncle tom's cabin william dean howells 3. main traveled roads the red badge of courage 4. stephen crane hamlin garland

- Uncle's Tom Cabin: bestseller of nineteenth century. Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, published in the U.S. in 1851-52. Over 300,000 ncopies sold in it's first year, only in the U.S.

- William Dean Howells: champion of realism. He was an American realist author and literacy critic. He wrote the Christmas story Christmas every day as well as poems, novels, sketches, stories and essays.

- Main Traveled Roads: Hamlin Garland. Published in 1891. It is a collection of short stories set in the "Middle Border", the northwestern prairie states of Winsconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota.

- The Red Badge of Courage: Stephen Crane. Published in 1895, it's topic is the American Civil War. It tells the war from a soldier's perspective for the first time.