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- 2004065353 abstract "Biographer and novelist Francis looks at the Salem witch hunt of 1692 with fresh eyes, through the story of Samuel Sewall, New England Puritan, Salem trial judge, antislavery agitator, defender of Native American rights, utopian theorist, family man. The second-generation colonists were pitted against the pagan Native Americans and a hostile mother country intent on imposing control. Out of the struggle to maintain unity emerged the forces that drove the Salem tragedy. Five guilt-wracked years after pronouncing judgment, Sewall recanted the guilty verdicts, praying for forgiveness. This marked the moment when modern American values came into being--the shift from an almost medieval view of good and evil to a respect for the mysteries of the human heart. Drawing on Sewall's diaries, Francis shows us the early colonists as flesh and blood idealists, striving for a new society while coming to terms with the imperfections of ordinary life.--From publisher description.".
- 2004065353 contributor B9868906.
- 2004065353 coverage "Massachusetts History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.".
- 2004065353 coverage "Salem (Mass.) History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.".
- 2004065353 created "c2005.".
- 2004065353 date "2005".
- 2004065353 date "c2005.".
- 2004065353 dateCopyrighted "c2005.".
- 2004065353 description "Biographer and novelist Francis looks at the Salem witch hunt of 1692 with fresh eyes, through the story of Samuel Sewall, New England Puritan, Salem trial judge, antislavery agitator, defender of Native American rights, utopian theorist, family man. The second-generation colonists were pitted against the pagan Native Americans and a hostile mother country intent on imposing control. Out of the struggle to maintain unity emerged the forces that drove the Salem tragedy. Five guilt-wracked years after pronouncing judgment, Sewall recanted the guilty verdicts, praying for forgiveness. This marked the moment when modern American values came into being--the shift from an almost medieval view of good and evil to a respect for the mysteries of the human heart. Drawing on Sewall's diaries, Francis shows us the early colonists as flesh and blood idealists, striving for a new society while coming to terms with the imperfections of ordinary life.--From publisher description.".
- 2004065353 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-395) and index.".
- 2004065353 extent "xvii, 412 p. :".
- 2004065353 identifier "0007163622 (alk. paper)".
- 2004065353 identifier "9780007163625 (alk. paper)".
- 2004065353 issued "2005".
- 2004065353 issued "c2005.".
- 2004065353 language "eng".
- 2004065353 publisher "New York : Fourth Estate,".
- 2004065353 spatial "Massachusetts History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.".
- 2004065353 spatial "Massachusetts Salem.".
- 2004065353 spatial "Massachusetts".
- 2004065353 spatial "Salem (Mass.) History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.".
- 2004065353 subject "974.4/02/092 B 22".
- 2004065353 subject "F67 .S525 2005".
- 2004065353 subject "Judges Massachusetts Biography.".
- 2004065353 subject "Merchants Massachusetts Biography.".
- 2004065353 subject "Puritans Massachusetts Biography.".
- 2004065353 subject "Sewall, Samuel, 1652-1730 Ethics.".
- 2004065353 subject "Sewall, Samuel, 1652-1730.".
- 2004065353 subject "Trials (Witchcraft) Massachusetts Salem.".
- 2004065353 title "Judge Sewall's apology : the Salem witch trials and the forming of an American conscience / Richard Francis.".
- 2004065353 type "text".