On a cold December morning in 1768; thirty-one-year-old Ruth Blay approached the gallows erected for her execution. Standing on the high ground in the northwest corner of what is now Portsmouths old South Cemetery; she would have had a clear view across the pasture to the harbor and open sea. The eighteenth-century hanging of a schoolteacher for concealing the birth of a child out of wedlock has appeared in local legend over the last few centuries; but the full account of Ruths story has never been told. Drawing on over two years of investigative research; author Carolyn Marvin brings to light the dramatic details of Ruths life and the cruel injustice of colonial Portsmouths moral code. As Marvin uncovers the real flesh-and-blood woman who suffered the ultimate punishment; her readers come to understand Ruth as an individual and a woman of her time.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Engaging bookBy Carlos Salas PaezThis book is extraordinary. As a Mexican interested in music; it has given me an enormous amount of information and analysis of the great variety of Mexican traditional music. It should be read by anybody interested in the history and development of the many different currents that conform our traditional and contemporary music1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Janet Sturman is a wonderful and credible author who does detailed research on Latin ...By CustomerDr. Janet Sturman is a wonderful and credible author who does detailed research on Latin America. This is a must for anyone serious about Mexican music.Juanita UlloaSinger and Professor of Voice0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. the great depth and breadth that characterizes Mexican music may be ...By Noorton K. ZvedveikAt last; in one place; the great depth and breadth that characterizes Mexican music may be experienced. From indigenous traditions to quasi-European ones; with healthy doses of son jarocho; mariachi and pop; this book opens the eyes and ears to an often unexpectedly rich sonic sensorium.
