{"product_id":"the-hawthorne-inheritance-paperback","title":"The Hawthorne Inheritance - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKate Dike Blair\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Nathaniel Hawthorne's sister Louisa drowns in 1852. But was it really an accident?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1830, Nathaniel Hawthorne's cousin John Stephens Dike flees Massachusetts and his abusive stepmother Priscilla and settles in Ohio, where he expands his uncle's successful Grocery Emporium and marries his beloved Margaretta. Haunted only by occasional debilitating headaches, he considers his painful past to be safely behind him until in 1883 an unexpected inheritance from his cousin Elizabeth Hawthorne brings John Stephens' nightmarish boyhood again to the fore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe inheritance consists of a crate of shabby furniture and a collection of old papers detailing the love affair between John Stephen's late father John Dike and Hawthorne's younger sister, Louisa. But it also raises some questions surrounding Louisa's drowning in the 1852 \u003cem\u003eHenry Clay \u003c\/em\u003esteamship disaster. The documents include John Dike's \u003cem\u003epost mortem\u003c\/em\u003e treatise regarding his affair with Louisa and her death; Louisa Hawthorne's warm and witty diary entries celebrating the clandestine romance with John Dike and her experiences with Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, and the Hawthorne, Alcott, Emerson, and Peabody families; and damning letters to a clergyman from the late Priscilla Dike detailing her hellish revenge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut can John Stephens conquer his childhood terrors and find justice for Louisa? And what other literary bombshells lie hidden within Elizabeth Hawthorne's bequest? In this meticulously researched historical novel, Kate Dike Blair salutes her Hawthorne cousins and their circles, explores inconsistencies in the \u003cem\u003eHenry Clay\u003c\/em\u003e accident inquest, and chronicles for the ages John's and Louisa's star-crossed romance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 28, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42735634186303,"sku":"9781620065525","price":25.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/4bd85cabaabbc28e5152e096786d7112.webp?v=1765144157","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-hawthorne-inheritance-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}