The Salem World of Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Salem World of Nathaniel Hawthorne PDF Author: Margaret B. Moore
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 9780826213310
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 308

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Book Description
Moore, an author and independent scholar, examines Salem's past and the role of Hawthorne's ancestors in two of the town's great events: the coming of the Quakers in the 1660s and the witchcraft delusion of 1692. She investigates Hawthorne's family, his education before college, and Salem's religious and political influences on him. She also discusses Salem nightlife in Hawthorne's time, his friends and acquaintances, and the role of women influential in his life--particularly Mary Crowninshield Silsbee and Sophia Peabody. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR