nathaniel hawthorne in his times Random House (NY) in a vivid and thoughtful

in a vivid and thoughtful account

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the United States was indisputably the most powerful nation in the world In The Future of Power

Since its original publication in 1860

nathaniel hawthorne in his times Random House (NY) in a vivid and thoughtfulWinner of the 1983 National Book Award, James R. Mellow's magisterial biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne places America's first great writer in the midst of the literary and cultural turmoil of the early republic. An unparalleled panorama of 19th century American intellectual life, the biography convincingly traces Hawthorne's literary concerns to the events of his enigmatic life.