A History of the County of Berkshire, Massachusetts, in Two Parts
Title | A History of the County of Berkshire, Massachusetts, in Two Parts PDF eBook |
Author | David Dudley Field |
Publisher | |
Pages | 502 |
Release | 1829 |
Genre | Berkshire County (Mass.) |
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A History of the County of Berkshire, Massachusetts, in Two Parts
Title | A History of the County of Berkshire, Massachusetts, in Two Parts PDF eBook |
Author | David Dudley Field |
Publisher | |
Pages | 494 |
Release | 1829 |
Genre | Berkshire County (Mass.) |
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The Hanging of Ephraim Wheeler
Title | The Hanging of Ephraim Wheeler PDF eBook |
Author | Irene Quenzler Brown |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 428 |
Release | 2005-04-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0674249240 |
In 1806 an anxious crowd of thousands descended upon Lenox, Massachusetts, for the public hanging of Ephraim Wheeler, condemned for the rape of his thirteen-year-old daughter, Betsy. Not all witnesses believed justice had triumphed. The death penalty had become controversial; no one had been executed for rape in Massachusetts in more than a quarter century. Wheeler maintained his innocence. Over one hundred local citizens petitioned for his pardon--including, most remarkably, Betsy and her mother. Impoverished, illiterate, a failed farmer who married into a mixed-race family and clashed routinely with his wife, Wheeler existed on the margins of society. Using the trial report to reconstruct the tragic crime and drawing on Wheeler's jailhouse autobiography to unravel his troubled family history, Irene Quenzler Brown and Richard D. Brown illuminate a rarely seen slice of early America. They imaginatively and sensitively explore issues of family violence, poverty, gender, race and class, religion, and capital punishment, revealing similarities between death penalty politics in America today and two hundred years ago. Beautifully crafted, engagingly written, this unforgettable story probes deeply held beliefs about morality and about the nature of justice.
The Geology of Eastern Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Title | The Geology of Eastern Berkshire County, Massachusetts PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin Kendall Emerson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 176 |
Release | 1899 |
Genre | Geology |
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History of Western Massachusetts
Title | History of Western Massachusetts PDF eBook |
Author | Josiah Gilbert Holland |
Publisher | |
Pages | 632 |
Release | 1855 |
Genre | Berkshire County (Mass.) |
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A Guide to Massachusetts Local History
Title | A Guide to Massachusetts Local History PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Allcott Flagg |
Publisher | |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 1907 |
Genre | Cities and towns |
ISBN |
Bibliotheca americana, 1878
Title | Bibliotheca americana, 1878 PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Clarke & Co |
Publisher | |
Pages | 346 |
Release | 1878 |
Genre | America |
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