Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804, in Salem, Massachusetts, where his birthplace is now a museum. William Hathorne, who emigrated from England in 1630, was the first of Hawthorne's ancestors to arrive in the colonies. After arriving, William persecuted Quakers. William's son John Hathorne was one of the judges who oversaw the Salem Witch Trials. (One theory is that having learned about this, the author added the "w" to his surname in his early twenties, shortly after graduating...
The Best of America - Seven Classic Short Stories
Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Louisa May Alcott, Various Authors
Great American Suspense
Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ambrose Bierce, F. Marion Crawford, Robert W. Chambers
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