Grandfather's Chair (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): Or True Stories From New England

By Nathaniel Hawthorne

Colonial history comes to life in this 1850 gathering of sketches for young people, unified by a chair passed down through the generations. Includes “The Quakers and the Indians,” “The Salem Witches,” “Cotton Mather,” “The Stamp Act,” “The Boston Massacre,” “The Tea-Party and Lexington,” “The Tory’s Farewell,” and “The War for Independence.”

• Language: English
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble
• Release date: Mar 8, 2011
• ISBN: 9781411441156

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born is Salem, Massachusetts in 1804. His father died when he was four years old. His first novel, Fanshawe, was published anonymously at his own expense in 1828. He later disowned the novel and burned the remaining copies. For the next twenty years he made his living as a writer of tales and children's stories. He assured his reputation with the publication of The Scarlet Letter in 1850 and The House of the Seven Gables the following year. In 1853 he was appointed consul in Liverpool, England, where he lived for four years. He died in 1864.