Hawthorne in Concord

The Forties : learning to be happy. Wedding in Boston ; The Manse and historic Concord ; An end to solitude ; Concord in the Forties ; Visitors at the Manse ; Margaret Fuller and Henry Thoreau ; Hawthorne and Emerson together ; First Fall at the Manse ; Hawthorne's writing ; Two more weddings ; Rural utopias ; Seeking a livelihood ; Una ; Women in the nineteenth century ; The nation beyond Concord ; Leaving the Old Manse

The Fifties : we are politicians now. The wayside ; Return to Concord ; Concord in the Fifties ; Two novels ; Hawthorne and slavery ; Death by water ; Creating a life ; Days at the Wayside ; To Washington ; Departure for Europe

The Sixties : such a sad predicament. Once more to Concord ; Altering the Wayside ; Concord in the Sixties ; Secession ; Patriotic Americans ; In the Sky Parlor ; Touring with Ticknor ; War matters ; Family matters ; Our old home ; Last travels ; Release.