True stories from history and biography
By: by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin
Published: 1878
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.; Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.; Massachusetts -- History.
Other titles: Whole history of grandfather's chair.; Grandfather's chair.; Biographical stories.
Description: The first selection is a simplified retelling of early Massachusetts history, and the second has six biographical sketches of famous people, including Benjamin West, Samuel Johnson, and Oliver Cromwell.