Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864) - An American writer whose old New England
family was involved in the Salem Witch Trials and Quaker persecutions. His
reflections on his family's past became the theme of many of his works.
His clear, musical style made him one of America's most emulated authors.
Maypole of Merry Mount (1836) - A story about the colony of Merry Mount and
a grand and awful crowd that gathers around the Maypole, the "banner staff"
of Merry Mount.
