The Whole History of Grandfather's Chair / Or, True Stories from New England History, 1620-1808
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This volume isn't just a collection of wonderful stories, like so many others of Hawthorne's; it's a collection of true stories -- things that happened between 1620 and 1803, as seen by a chair supposedly owned by principals in each of the tales.
Chapters (45)(click to expand)
- THE WHOLE HISTORY OF GRANDFATHER’S CHAIR
- or TRUE STORIES FROM NEW ENGLAND HISTORY, 1620-1808
- AUTHOR’S PREFACE
- GRANDFATHER’S CHAIR.
- PART I. 1620-1692.
- CHAPTER I. GRANDFATHER AND THE CHILDREN AND THE CHAIR.
- CHAPTER II. THE PURITANS AND THE LADY ARBELLA.
- CHAPTER III. A RAINY DAY.
- CHAPTER IV. TROUBLOUS TIMES.
- CHAPTER V. THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ENGLAND.
- CHAPTER VI. THE PINE-TREE SHILLINGS.
- CHAPTER VII. THE QUAKERS AND THE INDIANS.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE INDIAN BIBLE.
- CHAPTER IX. ENGLAND AND NEW ENGLAND.
- CHAPTER X. THE SUNKEN TREASURE.
- CHAPTER XI. WHAT THE CHAIR HAD KNOWN.
- APPENDIX TO PART I.
- EXTRACTS FROM THE LIFE OF JOHN ELIOT,
- PART II. 1692-1763.
- CHAPTER I. THE CHAIR IN THE FIRELIGHT.
- CHAPTER II. THE SALEM WITCHES.
- CHAPTER III. THE OLD-FASHIONED SCHOOL.
- CHAPTER IV. COTTON MATHER
- CHAPTER V. THE REJECTED BLESSING.
- CHAPTER VI. POMPS AND VANITIES.
- CHAPTER VII. THE PROVINCIAL MUSTER.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE OLD FRENCH WAR AND THE ACADIAN EXILES
- CHAPTER IX. THE END OF THE WAR.
- CHAPTER X. THOMAS HUTCHINSON.
- APPENDIX TO PART II.
- ACCOUNT OF THE DEPORTATION OF THE ACADIANS.
- PART III. 1763-1803.
- CHAPTER I. A NEW-YEAR’S DAY.
- CHAPTER II. THE STAMP ACT.
- CHAPTER III. THE HUTCHINSON MOB.
- CHAPTER IV. THE BRITISH TROOPS IN BOSTON.
- CHAPTER V. THE BOSTON MASSACRE.
- CHAPTER VI. A COLLECTION OF PORTRAITS.
- CHAPTER VII. THE TEA PARTY AND LEXINGTON.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE SIEGE OF BOSTON.
- CHAPTER IX. THE TORY’S FAREWELL.
- CHAPTER X. THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE.
- CHAPTER XI. GRANDFATHER’S DREAM.
- APPENDIX TO PART III.
- A LETTER FROM GOVERNOR HUTCHINSON NARRATING THE DOINGS OF THE MOB.
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