Tooth of the covenant / Norman Lock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lock, Norman, 1950- author.

Contributor:

Judith Greenblatt Endowment Fund.

Series:

Lock, Norman, 1950- American novels series

American novels series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.

Trials (Witchcraft)--Massachusetts--Salem--Fiction.

Trials (Witchcraft).

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864--Fiction.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel.

Massachusetts--Salem.

Genre:

Historical fiction.

Fiction.

Biographical fiction.

Physical Description:

283 pages ; 19 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2021.

Summary:

"Nathaniel Hawthorne sends his fictional self-Isaac Page-to 1692 to save the condemned and the family name tarnished by John Hathorne's merciless judgments on the Salem witches. In a final terrifying confrontation with his pitiless ancestor, Isaac finds himself fighting for his life"-- Provided by publisher.

Burdened by familial shame, which began with his great-great-grandfather John Hathorne, the infamously unrepentant Salem witch trial judge, author Nathaniel Hawthorne writes a tale entitled Tooth of the Covenant. In it, he sends his fictional surrogate, Isaac Page, back to the year 1692 to save Bridget Bishop, the first person executed for witchcraft, and rescue the other victims from execution. But when Page puts on Hathorne's spectacles, his worldview is transformed and he loses his resolve. As he battles his conscience, he finds that it is his own life hanging in the balance. -- adapted from back cover

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Judith Greenblatt Endowment Fund.

ISBN:

9781942658832

1942658834

OCLC:

1176321471

Publisher Number:

99988113334