01691cam a2200289 4500 271091461 TxAuBib 20160101120000.0 080116s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008001887 9780316024488 0316024481 DLC DLC DLC TxAuBib Kent, Kathleen, 1953- The heretic's daughter : a novel / Kathleen Kent. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2008. xiii, 332 p. ; 25 cm. Martha Carrier was one of the first women to be accused, tried and hanged as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts. Like her mother, young Sarah Carrier is bright and willful, openly challenging the small, brutal world in which they live. Often at odds with one another, mother and daughter are forced to stand together against the escalating hysteria of the trials and the superstitious tyranny that led to the torture and imprisonment of more than 200 people accused of witchcraft. This is the story of Martha's courageous defiance and ultimate death, as told by the daughter who survived. 20160101. Witchcraft Massachusetts Salem Fiction. Trials (Witchcraft) Massachusetts Salem History 17th century Fiction. Salem (Mass) History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Fiction. Historical fiction. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2008001887-b.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2008001887-d.html Publisher description