The Whole History of Grandfathers Chair or True Stories from New England History, 1620-1808

By Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Book Id: WPLBN0000661056
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	The Whole History of Grandfathers Chair or True Stories from New England History, 1620-1808
Author:	Hawthorne, Nathaniel
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Literature, Literature & drama
Collections:	Classic Literature Collection, Penn State University's Electronic Classics Series Collection
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Publisher:	Penn State University's Electronic Classics


Citation APA MLA Chicago Hawthorne, B. N. (n.d.). The Whole History of Grandfathers Chair or True Stories from New England History, 1620-1808. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

Excerpt
Preface: In writing this ponderous tome, the author?s desire has been to describe the eminent characters and remarkable events of our annals in such a form and style that the young may make acquaintance with them of their own accord. For this purpose, while ostensibly relating the adventures of a chair, he has endeavored to keep a distinct and unbroken thread of authentic history. The chair is made to pass from one to another of those personages of whom he thought it most desirable for the young reader to have vivid and familiar ideas, and whose lives and actions would best enable him to give picturesque sketches of the times. On its sturdy oaken legs it trudges diligently from one scene to another, and seems always to thrust itself in the way, with most benign complacency, whenever an historical personage happens to be looking round for a seat.

Table of Contents
Contents AUTHOR’S PREFACE..................................................................................................................... 4 GRANDFATHER’S CHAIR ............................................ 6 APPENDIX TO PART I .................................................................................50 PART II ...........................................................................................................53 APPENDIX TO PART II ..............................................................................100 PART III ........................................................................................................104 APPENDIX TO PART III .............................................................................155