"Oldtown Fireside Stories" by Harriet Beecher Stowe is less well-known than Beecher Stowe's more popular book "Uncle Tom's Cabin". However, this is still a seminal piece of historic text. A collection of short stories that are all written in the writer's signature style, this book has captured readers for centuries and will continue to do so for more to come.

Sam Lawson's Oldtown Fireside Stories by Harriet Beecher Stowe is an interesting compilation of small-town stories to entertain and thrill readers. Excerpt: "Still we shivered, and clung to his knee, at the mysterious parts, and felt gentle, cold chills run down our spines at appropriate places. We were always in the most receptive and sympathetic condition. Tonight, in particular, was one of those thundering stormy ones, when the winds appeared to be holding a perfect mad carnival over my grandfather's house."