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Adultery Fiction Boston (Mass.) History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Fiction Clergy Fiction Judges Massachusetts Biography Merchants Massachusetts Biography Puritans Fiction Puritans Massachusetts Biography Salem (Mass.) History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Sewall, Samuel 1652-1730 Trials (Witchcraft) Massachusetts Salem History 17th centuryJackson, D. B.
Summary: "Boston, 1769: Ethan Kaille, a Boston thieftaker who uses his conjuring to catch criminals, has snared villains and defeated magic that would have daunted a lesser man. What starts out as a mysterious phenomenon that has local ministers confused becomes something far more serious. A ruthless, extremely powerful conjurer seeks to wake the souls of the dead to wreak a terrible revenge on all who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JACAvi
Summary: To avenge his father, Noah becomes a spy for the British during the American Revolution, witnessing firsthand the hypocrisy, lies, and allegiances that come with war, and must determine for himself where his loyalty truly lies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC AVIJackson, D. B.
Summary: "Ethan Kaille isn't the likeliest hero. A former sailor with a troubled past, Ethan is a thieftaker, using conjuring skills to hunt down those who steal from the good citizens of Boston. And while chasing down miscreants in 1768 makes his life a perilousone, the simmering political tensions between loyalists like himself and rabble-rousing revolutionaries like Samuel Adams and others of his ilk...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JACHawthorne, Nathaniel
Summary: Hester Prynne and her lover feel the effects of sin in Puritan New England.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2001
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD HAWHawthorne, Nathaniel
Summary: Hester Prynn, a young woman in Puritan Massachusetts, publicly bears the burden of her sin of adultery while her husband secretly exacts his revenge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1986
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction HawHawthorne, Nathaniel
Summary: Travel back to Boston, Massachusetts as it existed in the 1642 for this classic tale of Puritanical Romance and sin. Meet Hester Prynne, who has a baby from an adulterous affair, and must wear a scarlet A on her dress to represent her shameful act. She refuses to name the father, so her long-lost husband sets out to expose her lover. This classic tale is a must-read for everyone as it explores...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2002
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC HAWHawthorne, Nathaniel
Summary: Set in the harsh Puritan environment of 17th century Boston, The scarlet letter describes the plight of Hester Prynne, an independent-minded woman who stands alone against society. Having given birth to a child after an illicit affair, she refuses to name the father and is forced to wear the letter "A" for adulteress embroidered on her dress.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, LLC 1981
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HAWHawthorne, Nathaniel
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Publisher / Publication Date: Courage Books 1991
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAWHawthorne, Nathaniel
Summary: Roger Chillingworth arrives in New England after two years separation from his wife, Hester Prynne, to find her on trial for adultery. She refuses to reveal her lover and is sentenced to wear a scarlet letter A sewn onto her clothes. Resolving to discover the man's identity, Roger sets out to destroy his rival, while Hester desperately tries to protect her illegitimate daughter from a society...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Collector's Library 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAWHawthorne, Nathaniel
Summary: Hester Prynne is ostracized from her seventeenth-century Puritan community for refusing to name the father of her child, the product of an adulterous relationship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen 2011
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Summary: Traces the story of the judge responsible for executing twenty Salem witch trial victims, discussing how he came to regret his actions, and his later efforts to oppose slavery and further Native American relations and sexual equality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SEWALL, SAMUEL LAPFrancis, Richard
Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fourth Estate 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SEWALL, SAMUEL FRAO'Reilly, Bill
Summary: O'Reilly revisits one of the most frightening and inexplicable episodes in American history: the events of 1692 and 1693 in Salem Village, Massachusetts. What began as a mysterious affliction of two young girls who suffered violent fits and exhibited strange behavior soon spread to other young women. Rumors of demonic possession and witchcraft consumed Salem. Soon three women were arrested...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA 973 ORELight, Kate
Summary: "The Salem witch trials marked one of the darkest moments in U.S. history. In 1692, two young children were accused of being bewitched and were arrested. More than 150 arrests occurred over the next two months, and a special court was created to try the cases. A total of 20 people were found guilty of being witches, and all of them were hanged. Inside this compelling volume, readers are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 345.744 LIGSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010