Hawthorne / Tales of the White Hills, Legends of New England

Book

Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

MWM2010.0001.2570

Description

This is a two part book. The first chornicles the life of Nathaniel Hawthorne and the second is a collect of works by the writer himself. This book not only show a biography of Hawthorne's life but also reveals the truth of his work and his depiction of life in New England and amongst the White Mountains. Physical Description: Forrest Green colored, hard cover. Front cover has both authors' last name and then reads "Modern Classics", an impression in black coloring depicts a flower with branches and leaves and in the background is a flower design cover the entire cover.

Collection

Dan Noel Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2010.0001

Source or Donor

Dan Noel

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Dan Noel

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Nature, Mountains, Hills, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Writers, Writing

Search Terms

Franconia Notch (Grafton county, New Hampshire : valley), Crawford Notch (New Hampshire : valley), Cannon Mountain (Grafton county, New Hampshire : peak), Environment, New England, White Mountains

Book Details

Author

Fields, James T., Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Publisher

Houghton, Mifflin and Company

Place Published

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Date Published

1881

Condition

Notes

08/08/2012-CH- Beginging to lightly fray upon the top and bottom of spine as well as around edges and corners of book. Light scratches on back cover.