Four Women in a Violent Time: Anne Hutchinson (1591-1643), Mary Dyer (1591?-1660), Lady Deborah Moody (1600-1659), Penelope Stout (1622-1732) [Hardcover]

Deborah Crawford (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1970

Traces the lives of four women who struggled for civil rights and justice in seventeenth-century America.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 191 pages
• Publisher: Crown Publishers (June 1970)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517503131
• ISBN-13: 978-0517503133
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,915,251 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A surprisingly informative book in narrative for children, July 11, 2000

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Ben Noffsinger (West Valley, Utah United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Four Women in a Violent Time: Anne Hutchinson (1591-1643), Mary Dyer (1591?-1660), Lady Deborah Moody (1600-1659), Penelope Stout (1622-1732) (Hardcover)

I am a descendant of one of the women in this book (Penelope Stout). The book is apparently supposed to be a children's book, but I found it remarkably informative and interesting. The author takes the stories of four women and brings them together with some historical background to present a fun to read narrative. Along the way are many unobtrusive but (to me) immensely interesting side notes (including origins of place names and historical tidbits).

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Four Women in a Violent Time, July 8, 2004

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J. Spendlove (Las Vegas, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Four Women in a Violent Time: Anne Hutchinson (1591-1643), Mary Dyer (1591?-1660), Lady Deborah Moody (1600-1659), Penelope Stout (1622-1732) (Hardcover)

This is a very informative and riveting book. About 10 years ago I was given a copy of exerpts from this book because I am a decendant of Penelope Stout one of the Four women. As a newlywed Penelope embarked on the journey to America. Upon arrival, she found herself slashed across her middle so her intestines were hanging out, her shoulder hacked up, and she had been scalped by Indians. Imagine her horror after surviving for a week alone in a hollowed out tree to see two Indians coming. Obviously she survived, but you'll have to read the rest yourself to see how she was able to live to be 110 years old and bear 10 children.(this is my quick version this is not an exerpt, as you can see I am certainly not a writer)
I had heard her fascinating story as a child, and reading those exerpts just wasn't enough for me. I set immediately to find the book for myself. After several years I was able to obtain a copy. I am now thrilled with the opportunity to buy more copies to pass along to my children so this part of our family's history can be preserved.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very well written, October 21, 2007

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June E. Berdine "Junebug" (Wenatchee, Wa.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Four Women in a Violent Time: Anne Hutchinson (1591-1643), Mary Dyer (1591?-1660), Lady Deborah Moody (1600-1659), Penelope Stout (1622-1732) (Hardcover)

As a lot of people can say, I am a direct decendent of Richard and Penelope Stout. After tracing back to them, I was thrilled to read this book. She was an amazing woman, I'm sure those of us who can actually trace back to her and not just say we are decended, can be very proud of this woman. Would love to read more about her.