Author Tom Paine was an American revolutionary, political theorist, and Founding Father who wrote the influential pamphlet Common Sense. Author Tom Wolfe was an American novelist and journalist known for his works The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test and Bonfire of the Vanities. Author Tom BROKAW is a former NBC News anchor and author of The Greatest Generation. Author Horatio ALGER was an American writer of the 19th century known for his rags-to-riches stories. Author Mark TWAIN was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer best known for his novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.