Along the Writing Path: Author Mini-Profile: Nathaniel Hawthorne - Part II

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Monday, March 21, 2005

Author Mini-Profile: Nathaniel Hawthorne - Part II

Here is the second part of the Nathaniel Hawthorne post. History Helps Hawthorne was fascinated by America's Puritan history, especially since one of his own ancestors had been a judge in the Salem witch trials. Ten years before starting The Scarlet Letter, he read an historical account of a woman... Sign in to see full entry.

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