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- Good
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- Paperback
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- ISBN
- 9780060750565
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060750561
ISBN-13
9780060750565
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30884014
Product Key Features
Book Title
American Jezebel : the Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson, the Woman Who Defied the Puritans
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), General, Women's Studies, Faith, Social Activists, Historical
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Religion, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
8.9 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2003-056944
Reviews
Fast-paced and elegant...LaPlante's first-rate biography offers glimpses into the life and teachings of a much-neglected figure., What true heroes can I tell my students about? ...read LaPlante's biography to make [Hutchinson] and her courage come alive., [A] well-researched account...LaPlante paints a fascinating portrait...[and] deftly depicts the gritty world of colonial New England., [a] spirited biography of Anne Hutchinson. LaPlante's rendering suggests how deeply resonant that history remains., ""Remarkably successful... traces the vein of an ongoing ambivalence about powerful public women in America... particularly good on the sexual mores of the Puritans...", [Hutcinson's] legacy lives on, and American Jezebel comes as a timely reminder of the causes she held dear:, What true heroes can I tell my students about? …read LaPlante's biography to make [Hutchinson] and her courage come alive., [F]ascinating...engaging...What LaPlante has reconstructed here supplies a welcome new podium for a brave Puritan theologian...., American Jezebel is stunning book, exquisitely written, it fills in a crucial piece of American history., The most full-scale biography of Hutchinson to date, and a readable, useful account of the challenges women faced...diligently researched and well-crafted., ...charming exploration of the life and times of Anne Hutchinson....A personal and appreciative tribute., What true heroes can I tell my students about? .read LaPlante's biography to make [Hutchinson] and her courage come alive., "[A] powerful biography of a woman who refused to still her voice." -- Dallas Morning News "A powerful and fascinating book that deserves wide reading." -- Boston Globe "[A] well-researched account...LaPlante paints a fascinating portrait...[and] deftly depicts the gritty world of colonial New England." -- Booklist "What true heroes can I tell my students about? ...read LaPlante's biography to make [Hutchinson] and her courage come alive." -- --Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States "...charming exploration of the life and times of Anne Hutchinson....A personal and appreciative tribute." -- --Edwin Gaustad, author (with Leigh E. Schmidt) of A Religious History of America "[t]he most significant woman in pre-Revolutionary America...rescued from obscurity and re-introduced to 21st Century America." -- Peter J. Gomes, author of The Good Life "[a] spirited biography of Anne Hutchinson... LaPlante's rendering suggests how deeply resonant that history remains." -- --Leigh E. Schmidt, Princeton University "This book is New England history at its best....it carries with it a message for today as well."." -- --Michael Dukakis, former Governor of Massachusetts "A vivid account, full of surprising twists and turns...richly documented...." -- -- Susan Quinn, author of Marie Curie: A Life and A Mind of Her Own: A Life of Karen Horney "American Jezebel is stunning book, exquisitely written, it fills in a crucial piece of American history." -- --Carol Gilligan, author of In A Different Voice and The Birth of Pleasure "Fast-paced and elegant...LaPlante's first-rate biography offers glimpses into the life and teachings of a much-neglected figure." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "[Hutcinson's] legacy lives on, and American Jezebel comes as a timely reminder of the causes she held dear:" -- BookPage "[LaPlante] makes her kinswoman's fate into a riveting drama...an enthralling narrative." -- --The New York Sun "[Hutchinson's] crime and her trial are skillfully recounted....[a] satisfying history." -- --Providence Journal Book Review ""Remarkably successful... traces the vein of an ongoing ambivalence about powerful public women in America... particularly good on the sexual mores of the Puritans..." -- --Laura Miller, salon.com "[F]ascinating...engaging...What LaPlante has reconstructed here supplies a welcome new podium for a brave Puritan theologian...." -- Christian Science Monitor "The most full-scale biography of Hutchinson to date, and a readable, useful account of the challenges women faced...diligently researched and well-crafted." -- Minneapolis Star Tribune "A new biography well worth reading... Anne Hutchinson is among the most-neglected, most important figures in United States history." -- --Nick Gillespie, Reason Magazine, [a] spirited biography of Anne Hutchinson… LaPlante's rendering suggests how deeply resonant that history remains., [t]he most significant woman in pre-Revolutionary America...rescued from obscurity and re-introduced to 21st Century America., A new biography well worth reading... Anne Hutchinson is among the most-neglected, most important figures in United States history., [a] spirited biography of Anne Hutchinson... LaPlante's rendering suggests how deeply resonant that history remains.
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
973.2/2/092 B
Synopsis
In 1637, Anne Hutchinson, a forty-six-year-old midwife who was pregnant with her sixteenth child, stood before forty male judges of the Massachusetts General Court, charged with heresy and sedition. In a time when women could not vote, hold public office, or teach outside the home, the charismatic Hutchinson wielded remarkable political power. Her unconventional ideas had attracted a following of prominent citizens eager for social reform. Hutchinson defended herself brilliantly, but the judges, faced with a perceived threat to public order, banished her for behaving in a manner "not comely for her] sex." Written by one of Hutchinson's direct descendants, American Jezebel brings both balance and perspective to Hutchinson's story. It captures this American heroine's life in all its complexity, presenting her not as a religious fanatic, a cardboard feminist, or a raging crank--as some have portrayed her--but as a flesh-and-blood wife, mother, theologian, and political leader. The book narrates her dramatic expulsion from Massachusetts, after which her judges, still threatened by her challenges, promptly built Harvard College to enforce religious and social orthodoxies--making her the mid-wife to the nation's first college. In exile, she settled Rhode Island, becoming the only woman ever to co-found an American colony. The seeds of the American struggle for women's and human rights can be found in the story of this one woman's courageous life. American Jezebel illuminates the origins of our modern concepts of religious freedom, equal rights, and free speech, and showcases an extraordinary woman whose achievements are astonishing by the standards of any era., In 1637, Anne Hutchinson, a forty-six-year-old midwife who was pregnant with her sixteenth child, stood before forty male judges of the Massachusetts General Court, charged with heresy and sedition. In a time when women could not vote, hold public office, or teach outside the home, the charismatic Hutchinson wielded remarkable political power. Her unconventional ideas had attracted a following of prominent citizens eager for social reform. Hutchinson defended herself brilliantly, but the judges, faced with a perceived threat to public order, banished her for behaving in a manner "not comely for [her] sex." Written by one of Hutchinson's direct descendants, American Jezebel brings both balance and perspective to Hutchinson's story. It captures this American heroine's life in all its complexity, presenting her not as a religious fanatic, a cardboard feminist, or a raging crank--as some have portrayed her--but as a flesh-and-blood wife, mother, theologian, and political leader. The book narrates her dramatic expulsion from Massachusetts, after which her judges, still threatened by her challenges, promptly built Harvard College to enforce religious and social orthodoxies--making her the mid-wife to the nation's first college. In exile, she settled Rhode Island, becoming the only woman ever to co-found an American colony. The seeds of the American struggle for women's and human rights can be found in the story of this one woman's courageous life. American Jezebel illuminates the origins of our modern concepts of religious freedom, equal rights, and free speech, and showcases an extraordinary woman whose achievements are astonishing by the standards of any era.
LC Classification Number
F67.H92L37 2003
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