Description: Hanging Ruth Blay, New Hampshire, Paperback The full account of the 18th-century hanging of a school teacher is detailed in detailed in Carolyn Marvin's dramatic tale.On a cold December morning in 1768, thirty-one-year-old Ruth Blay approached the gallows erected for her execution. Standing on the high ground in the northwest corner of what is now Portsmouth's old South Cemetery, she would have had a clear view across the pasture to the harbor and open sea. The eighteenth-century hanging of a schoolteacher for concealing the birth of a child out of wedlock has appeared in local legend over the last few centuries, but the full account of Ruth's story has never been told. Drawing on over two years of investigative research, author Carolyn Marvin brings to light the dramatic details of Ruth's life and the cruel injustice of colonial Portsmouth's moral code. As Marvin uncovers the real flesh-and-blood woman who suffered the ultimate punishment, her readers come to understand Ruth as an individual and a woman of her time.
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
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Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781596298279
Book Title: Hanging Ruth Blay : an Eighteenth-Century New Hampshire Tragedy
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Not Available
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), Subjects & Themes / Historical, Women's Studies, Parenting / Single Parent, Criminology
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2010
Genre: Family & Relationships, Photography, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 0.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
