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Thank you to all who attended my presentation at the Watertown COA. Attached is the family tree handout, which clarifies …

01/11/2022 The Salem Athenaeum will be hosting Don Zancanella, author of “Concord,” and myself on January 19 at 7 PM …

11/12/2021 The Hawthorne Inheritance made it to the Sunbury Press Best Sellers list for holiday shopping! Thank you all for …

11/10/2021 Many thanks to the Vermont Book Shop for carrying my book in their “Community” section. My father, Robert Dike …

10/28/2021 This family tree demonstrates the relationships between the Dike, Manning, and Hawthorne families. John Dike married Priscilla Manning, who …

09/15/2021 The Hawthorne Inheritance is now available from Sunbury Press as well as the Concord Bookshop, and from Amazon in …

08/31/2021 THI is now available on Amazon as well as from Sunbury Press: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1620065525 Huge thank you’s to the Sunbury …

08/27/2021 Nathaniel and Sophia Hawthorne lived in two houses in Concord: The Old Manse, which they rented, and the Wayside, …

08/12/2021 As I delved into the history of the steamship disaster, I discovered that although Hawthorne biographers all mentioned Louisa’s …

08/08/2021 After my father died in 2009, I returned to Middlebury to help my mother tie up loose ends. In …

08/06/2021 I am a direct descendant of several of the principal characters in The Hawthorne Inheritance. John Stephens Dike is …

08/06/2021 A well-researched, and engaging book called Rolling On! Two Hundred Years of Blair Iron And Steel, by Carlee Tressel …

Welcome to my website exploring the back story of my historical novel The Hawthorne Inheritance In 1830, author Nathaniel Hawthorne’s …