Thomas Cooley

Thomas Cooley (PhD, Indiana University) is emeritus professor of English at The Ohio State University. In addition to Back to the Lake, he is the editor of The Norton Sampler and the Norton Critical Edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and the author of several other books, among them Educated Lives: The Rise of Modern Autobiography in America and The Ivory Leg in the Ebony Cabinet: Madness, Race, and Gender in Victorian America.

Thomas Cooley

Thomas Cooley (PhD, Indiana University) is emeritus professor of English at The Ohio State University. In addition to Back to the Lake, he is the editor of The Norton Sampler and the Norton Critical Edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and the author of several other books, among them Educated Lives: The Rise of Modern Autobiography in America and The Ivory Leg in the Ebony Cabinet: Madness, Race, and Gender in Victorian America.

Books by Thomas Cooley

  • Back to the Lake: A Reader and Guide

    Thomas Cooley

    Third Edition, Paperback, 2015

    A new take on the traditional rhetorical modes, showing how they are used in the kinds of writing college students are most often assigned—arguments, analyses, reports, narratives, and more.
  • Back to the Lake: A Reader and Guide

    Thomas Cooley

    Third High School Edition, Hardback, 2017

    A new take on the traditional rhetorical modes, showing how they are used in the kinds of writing students are most often assigned—arguments, analyses, reports, narratives, and more. Now available...
  • The Norton Sampler: Short Essays for Composition

    Thomas Cooley

    Ninth High School Edition, Hardback, 2021

    Short essays with just enough writing instruction.
  • The Norton Sampler

    Thomas Cooley

    Tenth Edition, Paperback, 2021

    Short, diverse essays that spark students’ interest—now with more reading support.
  • The Norton Sampler: Short Essays for Composition

    Thomas Cooley

    Eleventh Edition, Paperback, 2024

    A variety of short, diverse essays relevant to students’ lives—for an affordable price
  • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: A Norton Critical Edition

    Mark Twain, Thomas Cooley

    Fourth Edition, Paperback, 2021

    “I LOVE this book, as a reader, and I always enjoy teaching it. In the midst of current conversations and conflicts (Black Lives Matter and the responses to it, for example), its importance as a...
  • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: A Norton Critical Edition

    Mark Twain, Thomas Cooley

    Fourth Edition, E Book, 2022

    “I LOVE this book, as a reader, and I always enjoy teaching it. In the midst of current conversations and conflicts (Black Lives Matter and the responses to it, for example), its importance as a...