Hunts (of which his ancestor was a persecutor), he is also known for his collections of children's stories, in which classic myths are retold in a In addition to Hawthorne's subtly creepy tales, infused with the horrors of the Salem witch Tanglewood Tales Nathaniel Hawthorne Illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett Click the title for your free ebook!
Tanglewood Tales, scanned 1921 edition, illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett, available at Wikimedia Commons.For information on Project Gutenberg and their affiliates, and tips on using these files on your reading device, please refer to my Newsletter:. Tanglewood Tales, scanned 1853 edition, illustrated, available at Google Books. Tanglewood Tales at Faded Page (Canada). Tanglewood Tales, available at Project Gutenberg. "Tanglewood Island: A Real Fairy Land" (PDF). " Just who was.Westheimer/A guide to the people whose names grace the street signs of Houston." Houston Chronicle. For a man who hated the area and ran away from it after just eighteen months, he left his mark on it forever. Twenty Days with Julian & Little Bunny By Papa. It reportedly inspired the name of the thickly wooded Tanglewood Island in the state of Washington. The book was a favorite of Mary Catherine Farrington, the daughter of Tanglewood developer William Farrington. The Tanglewood neighborhood of Houston was named after the book. Ironically, Hawthorne hated living in the Berkshires. Later, a nearby mansion was renamed Tanglewood, where outdoor classical concerts were held, which became a Berkshire summer tradition. The owner of the cottage, a railroad baron, renamed the cottage "Tanglewood" in honor of the book written there. Hawthorne wrote the first book while renting a small cottage in the Berkshires, a vacation area for industrialists during the Gilded Age. Although Hawthorne informs us in the introduction that these stories were also later retold by Cousin Eustace, the frame stories of A Wonder-Book have been abandoned. 
In the introduction, Hawthorne writes about a visit from his young friend Eustace Bright, who requested a sequel to A Wonder-Book, which impelled him to write the Tales. Hawthorne wrote an introduction, titled "The Wayside", referring to The Wayside in Concord, where he lived from 1852 until his death. Jason and the Golden Fleece (Chapter: "The Golden Fleece").Proserpina, Ceres, Pluto, and the Pomegranate Seed (Chapter: "The Pomegranate Seed").Circe's Palace (Chapter: "Circe's Palace").Dragon's Teeth (Chapter: "The Dragon's Teeth").Antaeus and the Pygmies (Chapter: "The Pygmies").Theseus and the Minotaur (Chapter: "The Minotaur").It is a re-writing of well-known Greek myths in a volume for children. Tanglewood Tales for Boys and Girls (1853) is a book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, a sequel to A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys. 1921 edition illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett
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