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Books published by publisher Hawthorn Books

  • The First Californian: The story of Fray Junipero Serra

    Donald Demarest, Joseph Romer

    Hardcover (Hawthorn Books, March 15, 1963)
    The story of Fray juniper Serra
  • The Inventors: A Memoir

    Peter Selgin, Lidia Yuknavitch

    Paperback (Hawthorne Books, March 29, 2016)
    Fall, 1970. At the start of eighth grade, Peter Selgin fell in love with the young teacher who’d arrived from Oxford in Frye boots, with long hair, and a passion for his students that was intense and unorthodox. The son of an emotionally remote inventor, Peter was also a twin with a burning need to feel unique.The teacher supplied that need. They spent hours in the teacher’s cottage, discussing books, playing chess, drinking tea, and wrestling. They were inseparable, until the teacher “resigned.” Over the next decade they met occasionally and corresponded constantly, their last meeting a disaster. Only after he died did Peter learn that the teacher had completely fabricated his past.As for Peter’s father, the British-accented genius inventor, he turned out to be the son of prominent Italian Jews. Paul Selgin and the teacher were both “self-inventors,” enigmatic men whose lies and denials betrayed the boy who idolized them.The Inventors is the story of how these men shaped the author’s journey to manhood, a story of promises fulfilled and broken as he uncovers the truth about both men, and about himself.For like them—like all of us —Peter Selgin, too, is his own inventor.
  • The splendor that was Egypt

    Margaret Alice Murray

    Hardcover (Hawthorn Books, March 15, 1963)
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  • To far places;: The story of Francis X. Ford

    Eva K Betz, Peter Landa

    Hardcover (Hawthorn Books, March 15, 1962)
    The Story of Francis X. Ford-a Credo Book.
  • William P. Lear: From High School Dropout to Space Age Inventor

    Victor Boesen

    Hardcover (Hawthorn Books, March 15, 1974)
    A biography of the inventive genius of radio and jet fame whose recent development of the steam automobile may be the answer to automobile pollution.
  • The Man Who Found Out Why, the story of Gregor Mendel

    Gary Webster, Greg and Tim Hildebrandt

    Hardcover (Hawthorn Books, March 15, 1963)
    Gregor Mendel: The First Geneticist presents a lively, authoritative introduction to the man who discovered the laws of heredity and pioneered the study of genetics. Written by world-renowned Mendel scholar Vitezslav Orel, the book brilliantly traces Mendel's intellectual development, focusing in particular on his 1865 plant crossing experiments that revolutionized modern science. Throughout, Orel considers Mendel's contributions and personality in the unique social context in which he flourished. He also offers fascinating accounts of Mendel's fight for recognition, and the subsequent misuse of his theories by the Soviets and Nazis. Gregor Mendel offers the definitive systematic account of the great scientist's life and work. It will be enjoyed by interested general readers as well as students and researchers in biology and science history.
  • Motherhood Made a Man Out of Me: A Novel

    Karen Karbo, Whitney Otto

    eBook (Hawthorne Books, Sept. 19, 2016)
    Brooke and Mary Rose are best friends. Brooke is the mother of a six-month-old. Mary Rose is pregnant. Brooke is married to Lyle, though, at times, she wonders why. Mary Rose would be married if Ward, the father of her child, weren’t already. Ward and Brooke are cousins A comedy of manners and biology, Karbo gives a laugh-out-loud look at the wonders of pregnancy and motherhood. It is a world where the women are fierce and strong and the men duck and cover; a world that is turned upside down when the expecting mother turns out a most unexpected child. Motherhood Made a Man Out of Me celebrates the courage and strength of women and the bonds that join them “in the motherhood.”
  • Rugby: A Guide for Players, Coaches, and Spectators

    A. Jon Prusmack

    Paperback (Hawthorn Books, April 1, 1979)
    An introduction to the history, basic techniques, rules, strategy, and fundamental plays of rugby.
  • The Silver King: Edward the Confessor, the Last Great Anglo-Saxon Ruler

    Margaret Stanley-Wrench, Leonard Vosburgh

    Hardcover (Hawthorn Books, March 15, 1966)
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  • Over the Hills to Fabylon

    Nicholas Stuart Gray

    Hardcover (Hawthorn Books, Jan. 1, 1970)
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  • Ever After

    Elswyth Thane

    Hardcover (Hawthorn Books, Jan. 1, 1945)
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  • The tall American;: The story of Gary Cooper

    Richard Gehman, Albert Micale

    Hardcover (Hawthorn Books, March 15, 1963)
    1963 Hawthorn Books; First Printing Hardcover with Dust Jacket