TouchPoint Press announces a Halloween Day release of Abigail Accused by Juliet Haines Mofford

A sham of a trial, false evidence, and little mercy results in a minister's daughter being sentenced to the gallows.
 
BATH, Maine - Oct. 30, 2017 - PRLog -- – TouchPoint Press is excited to announce the Halloween release of Juliet Haines Mofford's new book, Abigail Accused: A Story of the Salem Witch Hunt.

Abigail Accused steps into life in the Puritan village of Andover and reveals the callous truth of what has become one of many landmark cases against injustice during the Salem Witch Trials.

Abigail Dane Faulkner, daughter of the town's respected minister, was convicted of witchcraft in 1692 and condemned to die. Her story is based on eye-witness accounts and 17th century documents. How did the people of Massachusetts Bay Colony become victims of the fear and religious fanaticism that led to the arrests of nearly 200 citizens and the executions of 20 innocents? Why did Abigail's own family—her own daughters—testify against her?

Mofford brings to life the dramatic realities of the period and the events of daily colonial life along with courtship, marriage, the sin of fornication, childbirth, poverty, and terrifying attacks by Native Americans upon this frontier community. Abigail's abiding love for her husband, Francis Faulkner, sustained him through bouts of what we recognize today as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Abigail Accused is the historical revelation of how one wife and mother, alongside her minister father, fought bigotry and helped bring an end to the deadly witch hunts. Petitions by father and daughter represent documents of free speech that remind us all of the ongoing struggle for human rights.

About the author

Juliet Haines Mofford holds a degree from Tufts University and pursued graduate studies in art history at Boston University and in Europe. Before embarking upon her career as a professional museum educator, she taught English and American culture in Japan, Spain, and Puerto Rico. She has lived in eleven different states and six foreign countries. Two of her fourteen published books received national awards from the American Association for State & Local History.

Mofford directed Teacher Training Workshops and taught courses on the Salem Witch Trials at Middlesex and Northern Community Colleges. Under MA Cultural Council Grants, she wrote and produced historical community plays including Cry Witch - Andover, 1692, The Suspicious Season, and The Judgment of Martha Carrier. Her narrative biography, I Shall Use My Freedom Well (Josiah Henson, Fugitive Slave 1789-1883) was published by TouchPoint Press in 2017. She is the mother of three adult children and resides in mid-coast Maine.

Book Details

Abigail Accused

5x8 Paperback, 266 pages

ISBN-10: 1946920266

ISBN-13: 978-1946920263

Print List Price: $15.99

Ebook: $4.99

Fiction/ Historical

Available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other major retailers. Retailers can purchase in bulk from the TouchPoint Press bookstore or Ingram.

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