His father was a ship’s captain, and on a voyage in the South Atlantic that he died in Surinam of yellow fever when Nathaniel was only four years old. After the death of his father, the now captain’s widow, Elizabeth Manning Hathorne, moved a young Nathaniel and his two sisters to her parents home in Salem. During this time his mother’s grief over the loss of her husband only increased. Nathaniel was surrounded by the members of the Manning family, he was watched over quite often by his uncle Robert, on his mother’s side. This allowed him to have a happy childhood and this even his new devotion with reading.
In 1813, he suffered from an athletic injury and was immobile for many months and was unable to attend school. Being home for so many months, let him bond with his sisters and mother which caused them to become closer. This also allowed for much more time to spend with his nose in a book. His small family, which included his mother, his two sisters, and himself, moved to Raymond, Maine for a short time by 1818. Nathaniel began to explore the outdoors in Maine during his time spent there. Not even a year later they moved back to Salem, living with the Manning Family, yet again. Once they went back he began focusing his time on getting into college. …show more content…
Upon his enrollment, he made a large number of important friends during at Bowdoin. He met Horatio Bridge, who later helped promote Nathaniel Hawthorne’s writing. Graduating from Bowdoin in 1825, he went back to the Manning house in Salem and stayed there for the next several years. Occupying the same room he had as a child, throughout this time he began to change the spelling of the family name from ‘Hathorne’ to ‘Hawthorne’ and initiated himself to the idea of becoming a
In 1813, he suffered from an athletic injury and was immobile for many months and was unable to attend school. Being home for so many months, let him bond with his sisters and mother which caused them to become closer. This also allowed for much more time to spend with his nose in a book. His small family, which included his mother, his two sisters, and himself, moved to Raymond, Maine for a short time by 1818. Nathaniel began to explore the outdoors in Maine during his time spent there. Not even a year later they moved back to Salem, living with the Manning Family, yet again. Once they went back he began focusing his time on getting into college. …show more content…
Upon his enrollment, he made a large number of important friends during at Bowdoin. He met Horatio Bridge, who later helped promote Nathaniel Hawthorne’s writing. Graduating from Bowdoin in 1825, he went back to the Manning house in Salem and stayed there for the next several years. Occupying the same room he had as a child, throughout this time he began to change the spelling of the family name from ‘Hathorne’ to ‘Hawthorne’ and initiated himself to the idea of becoming a