The complete online text of A Book of Autographs by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Although Nathaniel Hawthorne called himself "the obscurest man in American letters," his achievements in fiction, both as short-story writer and novelist, offer models fashioned too well for contemporary and later writers to ignore. Even though fame was...

When Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts, on our most patriotic holiday in 1804, his ancestral roots were already deeply planted in New England. Writing in The Scarlet Letter (1850) of his sentimental affection for the town of his birth,...

In sketches, tales, and romances published in the second third of the nineteenth century, Nathaniel Hawthorne chose mainly American materials, drawing especially on the history of colonial New England and his native Salem in the time of his early America...

From Wounded Hearts edited by Roberta Showalter Kreider, foreward by Peggy Campolo This book was so popular in last year's auction that we're offering it again! Over 45 individuals--lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people and those who love them--share their journeys in...

Jerry Butler to autograph his book Jerry Butler, the vocalist with the velvety baritone voice and a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, will be signing his book Only the Strong Survive: Memoirs of a Soul Survivor at African American Images...