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1878. The Riverside Literature Series. With a biographical sketch notes and illustrations. In this volume Hawthorne takes an interesting look at Colonial America by following the history of a chair beginning with the first settlers of America. Grandfather tells stories to the children about the owners of the chair as it is passed through the ages from those who first left English persecution up to the time of American independence. Some of the stories include John Smith, John Eliot (translator of the Indian Bible), Pine Tree Shillings (American coinage), French and Indian War, Liberty Tree,…mehr

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1878. The Riverside Literature Series. With a biographical sketch notes and illustrations. In this volume Hawthorne takes an interesting look at Colonial America by following the history of a chair beginning with the first settlers of America. Grandfather tells stories to the children about the owners of the chair as it is passed through the ages from those who first left English persecution up to the time of American independence. Some of the stories include John Smith, John Eliot (translator of the Indian Bible), Pine Tree Shillings (American coinage), French and Indian War, Liberty Tree, Stamp Act, Hutchinson Mob, Boston Tea Part, and Declaration of Independence. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
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Autorenporträt
American author Nathaniel Hawthorne (July 4, 1804, to May 19, 1864) wrote both novels and short stories. His works typically touch on history, religion, and morality. His family had a lengthy history in Salem, Massachusetts, where he was born in 1804. Hawthorne enrolled at Bowdoin College in 1821, was chosen for membership in Phi Beta Kappa in 1824, and received his diploma in 1825. Fanshawe, his debut novel, was published in 1828; he later tried to suppress it because he believed it fell short of the caliber of his later works. In magazines, he produced a number of short stories, which he later compiled as Twice-Told Tales in 1837. He proposed to Sophia Peabody the next year. Before getting married to Peabody in 1842, he joined the transcendentalist community of Brook Farm and worked at the Boston Custom House. The pair first settled in Concord, Massachusetts' The Old Manse before relocating to Salem, the Berkshires, and finally The Wayside. Following the release of The Scarlet Letter in 1850, a number of other novels followed. Prior to their 1860 return to Concord, Hawthorne and his family traveled to Europe as part of a political appointment as a consul. He passed away on May 19, 1864.