{"product_id":"julian-hawthorne-9780252038341","title":"Julian Hawthorne","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulian Hawthorne (1846-1934), Nathaniel Hawthorne's only son, lived a long and influential life marked by bad circumstances and worse choices. Raised among luminaries such as Thoreau, Emerson, and the Beecher family, Julian became a promising novelist in his twenties, but his writing soon devolved into mediocrity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In a superbly researched and engaging narrative, Gary Scharnhorst has pulled together all the facts of this fascinating if somewhat outrageous life.  In sum, he has given us a keenly argued biography with a new angle on his famous father, who died when Julian was a teenager and who did not take much interest in his prodigal son.\"--\u003ci\u003eAmerican Literary Realism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Engaging and authoritative.\"--\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A 'must read.' Julian led a life stranger than fiction, and Scharnhorst, who writes with humor and an eye for detail, has offered a riveting account of the extraordinary events, pitfalls, and relationships that comprised his subject's life.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New England Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This biography, in taking up Julian Hawthorne anew, aims to 'resurrect him from the footnote.' It has the potential to achieve this with its sharp profile of a once-prominent figure in American letters. That profile inevitably compels us to think about the peculiar, often precarious, social positions in which the children of cultural icons are put and\/or put themselves. . . . Scharnhorst demonstrates how to write biography--not just to inform readers, but to pique their interest in its subject, or, title character.\"--\u003ci\u003eRocky Mountain Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An intriguing portrait of a famous son who was an aristocrat, a hack, and a scrounge. Recommended.\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Scharnhorst does more than just whet our appetite for the scandalous; he paints an elegant picture of a complex and contradictory man.\"--\u003ci\u003eResources for American Literary Study\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Scharnhorst is one of the best-known and most respected bibliographers in the field of nineteenth-century American literature, and this biography is just what one would expect from a scholar of his skill and reputation. A valuable and highly readable contribution to the field, rich in surprising discoveries.\"--Thomas Mitchell, author of \u003ci\u003eHawthorne's Fuller Mystery\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400430756183,"sku":"9780252038341","price":26.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252038341.jpg?v=1730470664","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/julian-hawthorne-9780252038341","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}