The heretic's daughter : a novel / Kathleen Kent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kent, Kathleen, 1953-

Contributor:

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Witchcraft--Massachusetts--Salem--Fiction.

Witchcraft.

Trials (Witchcraft).

History.

Salem (Mass.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Fiction.

Salem (Mass.).

Trials (Witchcraft)--Massachusetts--Salem--History--17th century--Fiction.

Massachusetts--Salem.

Genre:

Fiction.

Historical fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiii, 332 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2008.

Summary:

Martha Carrier was one of the first women to be accused, tried and hanged as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts. Like her mother, young Sarah Carrier is bright and willful, openly challenging the small, brutal world in which they live. Often at odds with one another, mother and daughter are forced to stand together against the escalating hysteria of the trials and the superstitious tyranny that led to the torture and imprisonment of more than 200 people accused of witchcraft. This is the story of Martha's courageous defiance and ultimate death, as told by the daughter who survived.

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

ISBN:

9780316024488

0316024481

OCLC:

191090331

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