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OverviewThe Salem witch hunt has entered our vocabulary as the very essence of injustice. Judge Samuel Sewall presided at these trials, passing harsh judgment on the condemned. But five years later, he publicly recanted his guilty verdicts and begged for forgiveness. This extraordinary act was a turning point not only for Sewall but also for America's nascent values and mores. In Judge Sewall's Apology, Richard Francis draws on the judge's own diaries, which enables us to see the early colonists not as grim ideologues, but as flesh-and-blood idealists, striving for a new society while coming to terms with the desires and imperfections of ordinary life. Through this unsung hero of the American conscience -- a Puritan, an antislavery agitator, a defender of Native American rights, and a Utopian theorist -- we are granted a fresh perspective on a familiar drama. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Richard FrancisPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Edition: Annotated edition Dimensions: Width: 13.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.349kg ISBN: 9780007163632ISBN 10: 0007163630 Pages: 432 Publication Date: 01 August 2006 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAn engrossing biography [that] gives readers insight into the character of colonial America...the author's gifts as a writer are evident. --St. Louis Post-Dispatch Both an account of a troubling historical episode and the portrait of a troubled, complex man. --Wall Street Journal A sensitive and scholarly rendering with far-reaching perspectives that bring Sewall off the page...fresh [and] insightfully written. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A sensitive and scholarly rendering with far-reaching perspectives that bring Sewall off the page...fresh [and] insightfully written. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) An engrossing biography [that] gives readers insight into the character of colonial America...the author's gifts as a writer are evident. -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Both an account of a troubling historical episode and the portrait of a troubled, complex man. -- Wall Street Journal A sensitive and scholarly rendering with far-reaching perspectives that bring Sewall off the page...fresh [and] insightfully written. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A sensitive and scholarly rendering with far-reaching perspectives that bring Sewall off the page...fresh [and] insightfully written. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) An engrossing biography [that] gives readers insight into the character of colonial America...the author's gifts as a writer are evident. --St. Louis Post-Dispatch Both an account of a troubling historical episode and the portrait of a troubled, complex man. --Wall Street Journal A sensitive and scholarly rendering with far-reaching perspectives that bring Sewall off the page...fresh [and] insightfully written. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) An engrossing biography [that] gives readers insight into the character of colonial America the author s gifts as a writer are evident. --St. Louis Post-Dispatch Both an account of a troubling historical episode and the portrait of a troubled, complex man. --Wall Street Journal Author InformationRichard Francis is a biographer, historian of American culture, and novelist. He was an American Studies Research Fellow at Harvard, and taught American literature at the universities of Missouri and Manchester. He is nowProfessor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University in England. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |