The Life and Times of Nathaniel Hawthorne

Henry W. Longfellow once said, Hawthorne "was a mysterious man". Longfellow knew Nathaniel Hawthorne in person not as a historian. Nathaniel Hawthorne can be understood if one looks into his past and researches one of his works. Nathaniel Hawthorne's mystery comes from his in depth look into human perception, which shines through his imagery in "Young Goodman Brown".
Nathaniel Hawthorne was born into a Puritan family in July of 1804. His father Nathaniel Hathorne was a sea captain. His mother, Elizabeth Manning Hathorne, was the daughter of Richard Manning a blacksmith who left the industry to pursue work in the stagecoach line. …