Tag Archives: Colonial North America

Book Club Kit: The Crucible

The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts by Arthur Miller First Performed: 1953 15 Copies & Reading Guide This classic parable of mass hysteria draws a chilling parallel between the Salem witch-hunt of 1692 – one of the strangest and … Continue reading

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Book Club Kit: The Naked Quaker

The Naked Quaker by Diane Rapaport First Published: 2007 10 copies & Reading Guide Naked Quakers and other forgotten Americans —feisty, unruly and surprisingly irreverent— come to life in these true court cases from colonial New England. The title story involves a … Continue reading

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Book Club Kit: A Mercy

A Mercy by Toni Morrison First Published: 2008 10 copies (Large Print) & Reading Guide In exchange for a bad debt, an Anglo-Dutch trader takes on a young slave girl, who feels abandoned by her slave mother & who searches … Continue reading

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