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Richard Francis

Crane Pond: A Novel of Salem

By Richard Francis - Published 2016

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Historical fictions about the Salem Witch Trials of 1692-1693 have often been reduced to political or moral allegory, stand-ins for McCarthyism, send-ups of ...Read Review

Judge Sewall’s Apology

By Richard Francis - Published 2005

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Nonfiction

This work focuses on Samuel Sewall, a judge at the Salem witch trials who was so remorseful after the resulting executions that he ...Read Review

Richard Francis

Crane Pond: A Novel of Salem

Judge Sewall’s Apology

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