The May-Pole of Merry Mount

"The May-Pole of Merry Mount", as it was first published in 1836

"The May-Pole of Merry Mount" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne.[1] It first appeared in The Token and Atlantic Souvenir in 1836. It was later included in Twice-Told Tales, a collection of Hawthorne's short stories, in 1837.[2] It tells the story of the Merrymount Colony (aka Mount Wollaston), a 17th-century British colony located in what is now Quincy, Massachusetts.

  1. ^ Bloom, Harold (2001). Nathaniel Hawthorne. USA: Chelesea House Publishers. p. 37 to 47. ISBN 0791059499. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  2. ^ The May-Pole of Merry Mount Study Guide at What So Proudly We Hail Curriculum. Retrieved 26 March 2012.