Sketches and Studies

This book includes: Life of Franklin Pierce, Chiefly about War Matters, Alice Doane''s Appeal, and The Ancestral Footstep. According to Wikipedia: "Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 –1864) was an American novelist and short story writer... Much of Hawthorne''s writing centers around New England and many feature moral allegories with a Puritan inspiration. His fiction works are considered part of the R...