{"product_id":"tanglewood-tales-for-girls-and-nathaniel-hawthorne-9781974253098","title":"Tanglewood tales for girls and boys; being a second Wonderbook .By: Nathaniel Hawthorne (Illustrated)","description":"Tanglewood Tales for Boys and Girls (1853) is a book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, a sequel to A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys. It is a re-writing of well-known Greek myths in a volume for children. The book includes the myths of: Theseus and the Minotaur (Chapter: \"The Minotaur\") Antaeus and the Pygmies (Chapter: \"The Pygmies\") Dragon's Teeth (Chapter: \"The Dragon's Teeth\") Circe's Palace (Chapter: \"Circe's Palace\") Proserpina, Ceres, Pluto, and the Pomegranate Seed (Chapter: \"The Pomegranate Seed\") Jason and the Golden Fleece (Chapter: \"The Golden Fleece\") Hawthorne wrote introduction, titled \"The Wayside\", referring to The Wayside in Concord, where he lived from 1852 until his death. In the introduction, Hawthorne writes about a visit from his young friend Eustace Bright, who requested a sequel to A Wonder-Book, which impelled him to write the Tales. Although Hawthorne informs us in the introduction that these stories were also later retold by Cousin Eustace, the frame stories of A Wonder-Book have been abandoned\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nathaniel Hawthorne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1974253090\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781974253098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.24d","brand":"Nathaniel Hawthorne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43940411015423,"sku":"9781974253098","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8b2f95fd-b49c-4fd2-8654-feab181fb163.jpg?v=1681447041","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tanglewood-tales-for-girls-and-nathaniel-hawthorne-9781974253098","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}