Tales of the White Mountains

Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of America's greatest writers, wrote four short stories about New Hampshire's White Mountains that are an important part of the literary history of that region -- The Ambitious Guest, Sketches from Memory The Great Carbuncle & The Great Stone Face. Hawthorne, a student of New England history, incorporated into his writings a mythical America that portrayed a certain history, spirit & romance of this young country -- a spirit & romance that the reader will find in Tales of the White Mountains. Chronicled in the Historical epilogue is the 1826 Willey Disaster -- the source of not only Hawthorne's The Ambitious Guest but also other historical, literary & artistic contributions to the history & culture of the White Mountains.Hawthorne, Nathaniel is the author of 'Tales of the White Mountains', published 2001 under ISBN 9780970832405 and ISBN 0970832400.