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The notorious Elizabeth Tuttle : marriage, murder, and madness in the family of Jonathan Edwards / Ava Chamberlain.
LIBRA BX7260.E3 C48 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chamberlain, Ava.
- Series:
- North American religions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758--Family.
- Edwards, Jonathan.
- Tuttle, Elizabeth, 1645---Marriage.
- Tuttle, Elizabeth.
- Edwards, Richard, 1647-1718--Marriage.
- Edwards, Richard.
- Tuttle family.
- Edwards family.
- Edwards, Richard, 1647-1718.
- Tuttle, Elizabeth, 1645-.
- Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758.
- Families--Mental health.
- Families.
- Divorce--Connecticut--History--17th century.
- Divorce.
- Murder--Connecticut--History--17th century.
- Murder.
- History.
- Marriage.
- Connecticut--Biography.
- Connecticut.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 258 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- In this compelling and meticulously researched work of micro-history, Ava Chamberlain unearths a fuller history of Elizabeth Tuttle. It is a violent and tragic story in which anxious patriarchs struggle to govern their households, unruly women disobey their husbands, mental illness tears families apart, and loved ones die sudden deaths.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Prologue
- Hardy Puritan pioneers
- Three struggling patriarchs
- A brutal murder
- A criminal lunatic
- A messy divorce
- The inheritance
- Blood will tell
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814723722
- 0814723721
- 9780814723739
- 081472373X
- 9780814723746
- 0814723748
- OCLC:
- 768793106
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