WHOLE HISTORY OF GRANDFATHER'S CHAIR by Nathaniel Hawthorne

EXCELLENT EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY

Nathaniel Hawthorne played an instrumental role in the development of a unique American literary tradition.  He wrote novels and interested himself in the history of America.  This splendid book portrays the American Revolutionary history in the settin of a grandfather telling true stories and remembrances.

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CHAPTER I GRANDFATHER AND THE CHILDREN AND THE
CHAIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
CHAPTER II THE PURITANS AND THE LADY ARBELLA . .13
CHAPTER III A RAINY DAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
CHAPTER IV TROUBLOUS TIMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
CHAPTER V GOVERNMENT OF NEW ENGLAND . . . . . . . .25
CHAPTER VI THE PINE-TREE SHILLINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
CHAPTER VII THE QUAKERS AND THE INDIANS . . . . . . . .33
CHAPTER VIII THE INDIAN BIBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
CHAPTER IX ENGLAND AND NEW ENGLAND . . . . . . . . . .43
CHAPTER X THE SUNKEN TREASURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
CHAPTER XI WHAT THE CHAIR HAD KNOWN . . . . . . . . . .53

GRANDFATHER’S CHAIR PART II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
CHAPTER I THE CHAIR IN THE FIRELIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
CHAPTER II THE SALEM WITCHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

CHAPTER III THE OLD-FASHIONED SCHOOL . . . . . . . . . . .69
CHAPTER IV COTTON MATHER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
CHAPTER V THE REJECTED BLESSING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
CHAPTER VI POMPS AND VANITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
CHAPTER VII THE PROVINCIAL MUSTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
CHAPTER VIII THE OLD FRENCH WAR AND THE ACADIAN
EXILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

PART III 1763-1803 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
CHAPTER I A NEW-YEAR'S DAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
CHAPTER II THE STAMP ACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
CHAPTER III THE HUTCHINSON MOB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
CHAPTER VTHE BOSTON MASSACRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
CHAPTER VI A COLLECTION OF PORTRAITS . . . . . . . . . . .143
CHAPTER VIII THE SIEGE OF BOSTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
CHAPTER IX THE TORY'S FAREWELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
CHAPTER X THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE . . . . . . . . . . . .165
CHAPTER XI GRANDFATHER'S DREAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171