{"_id":"6895c8fee10a511338138e11","title":"The Gorgon’s Head","author":"Nathaniel Hawthorne","code":"the-gorgons-head","publish_year":1851,"publish_source":"A Wonder Book For Girls & Boys","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/AWonderBookForGirlsBoys/page/n25/mode/2up","words":10295,"image":"sword.jpg","image_alt":"A sword in the ground. graphite filter","genres":["adventure","fantasy","childrens"],"description":"To repay his debt to King Polydectes, Perseus goes to fetch a gorgon’s head as a gift.","blurb":"If once a poor mortal fixed his eyes full upon one of their faces, he was certain, that very instant, to be changed from warm flesh and blood into cold and lifeless stone!","unique_cover":"Perseus with a winged helmet cutting the head off of one of three gorgons.","cover_position":"top","rating":5,"cover_source":true,"series":"Greek Legends","has_review":false,"has_collections":false}