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Title: Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe Title Record # 992895
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Date: 1834-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note:
  • Though this story of mystifying events is ultimately non-supernatural, it has the atmosphere of a ghost story, and is included in some collections of ghost stories.
  • First published in the New England Magazine, December 1834.
Synopsis: "Dominicus Pike, an itinerant tobacco peddler, is informed of the hanging of wealthy old Mr. Higginbotham of Kimballton. He spreads the rumor as he travels, only to have it denied by persons who have seen the old man since his supposed death. Hearing again of the hanging, and being contradicted by Higginbotham's niece, he goes to Kimballton and arrives just in time to save her uncle from actual murder." - The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature
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Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Twice-Told Tales 1837-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne American Stationers Co.     334
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Twice-Told Tales 1842-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne James Munroe      
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Great Short Stories: A New Collection of Famous Examples from the Literatures of France, England and America 1906-00-00 ed. William Patten P. F. Collier & Son     430+
428+
432
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Twice-Told Tales 1907-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Houghton Mifflin     ix+
597
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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The Mystery Book 1934-00-00 ed. H. Douglas Thomson Odhams Press     1086
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Complete Novels and Selected Tales of Nathaniel Hawthorne 1937-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Modern Library (The Modern Library of the World's Best Books)     xvi+
1223
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
The Story Survey 1939-00-00 ed. Harold Blodgett J. B. Lippincott     797
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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The Best Known Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne 1941-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Literary Classics     379
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Seven More Strange Stories 1945-00-00 ed. John L. Hardie Art & Educational Publishers  
1/3?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
80
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
Selected Tales and Sketches 1950-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Rinehart (Rinehart Editions #33)     xxx+
410
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
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Twice-Told Tales 1965-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Airmont Books (Airmont Classics #66) CL66
$0.60?$: US dollar
288
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
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Selected Tales and Sketches 1970-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Holt, Rinehart and Winston (Rinehart Editions #33) 0-03-079790-X   xxvi+
627
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
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Tales and Sketches 1982-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne The Library of America (The Library of America #2) 0-940450-03-8
$35.00?$: US dollar
1493
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Selected Tales and Sketches 1987-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics) 0-14-039057-X   xl+
440
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
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Twice-Told Tales 1989-10-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Reader's Digest 0-89577-332-5   335
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Lars Hokanson Checkmark
Twice-Told Tales 2001-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne Modern Library (Modern Library Classics) 0-375-75788-0   xxiv+
405
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
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Great Ghost Stories 2003-08-07 ed. William Patten Fredonia Books 1-4101-0331-5
$15.99?$: US dollar
436
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
Twice-Told Tales 2004-10-11 Nathaniel Hawthorne Project Gutenberg 13707    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
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Tales and Sketches 2007-00-00 Nathaniel Hawthorne The Library of America (The Library of America #2) 978-0-940450-03-5   1493
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
The Snow-Image and Other Stories of the Supernatural 2008-10-23 Nathaniel Hawthorne Tartarus Press 978-1-905784-09-7
£32.50?£: UK pound
xvi+
417
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Frederick Church  
Twice-Told Tales 2010-08-06 Nathaniel Hawthorne Gray Rabbit Publications 978-1-60459-945-9
$11.99?$: US dollar
312
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
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Twice-Told Tales 2012-06-14 Nathaniel Hawthorne ReadHowYouWant 978-1-4250-3242-5
$19.99?$: US dollar
440
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
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Selected Tales and Sketches date unknown Nathaniel Hawthorne Penguin Books (US) (Penguin Classics) 0-14-039057-X
$10.95?$: US dollar
xl+
440
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
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Tales and Sketches date unknown Nathaniel Hawthorne The Library of America (The Library of America #2) 0-940450-03-8
$39.50?$: US dollar
1493
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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The Complete Novels and Selected Tales of Nathaniel Hawthorne date unknown Nathaniel Hawthorne Modern Library (Modern Library Classics)     xvi+
1223
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni  
Twice-Told Tales date unknown Nathaniel Hawthorne Airmont Books (Airmont Classics #66) 0-8049-0066-3   288
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
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