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Hawthorne commended Buchanan's good sense and geniality; James Buchanan knew Washington Irving and Nathaniel Hawthorne before he became president. He was their boss.

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From: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
Date: 20041022
Author:Jack Brubaker

Presidents and authors rarely mix, although Mark Perry's new book, "Grant and Twain: The Story of a Friendship That Changed America,'' chronicles a notable exception.

Sam Slaymaker, executive director of the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland, outlines President Buchanan's considerably more casual literary connections in the most recent foundation newsletter.

Buchanan knew Washington Irving and Nathaniel Hawthorne before he became president. He was their boss.

Irving served as minister to Spain when Buchanan was President Polk's secretary of state.

Hawthorne was ...

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