CONCORD, Mass. – It was a Hawthorne family reunion, for the dead and the living. About 40 descendants of Nathaniel Hawthorne gathered in Concord on Monday to watch as the remains of his wife and ...

If there was a "Most Tragic President" contest, Abraham Lincoln would be the undisputed winner—but Franklin Pierce would also be in the running. Pierce's three sons all died young. After 11-year-old ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The Bowdoin College Class of 1825 is revered as the greatest in the school’s ...

Nathaniel Hawthorne added the “w” to his last name because one of his ancestors was John Hathorne, a Salem witch trial judge, and he wanted to distance himself from that legacy. Raised in a Calvinist ...

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) needs no champions today. He is entrenched in the American literary pantheon, esteemed, like his sometime friend Herman Melville, as a great precursor of 20th Century ...

RAYMOND, Maine (WMTW) - A group is working to save the Maine childhood home of Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Hawthorne Community Association said the home, which is located in Raymond, is in need of major ...

From summer pop-ups to gallery mainstays, these are the twelve exhibitions our editors are most excited to catch from the Vineyard to the Berkshires and everything in between.