Tales of the White Mountains. An engaging and satisfying collection of four short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, revolving around the mountains of New Hampshire, from 1850 when the Old Man of the Mountain still stood. Contains the following stories: "The Great Stone Face", "The Ambitious Guest", "The Great Carbuncle", and "Sketches From Memory".

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was an American novelist and short story writer, associated with dark romanticism. His major works include "The Scarlet Letter' (1850) and "The House of the Seven Gables" (1851).