{"product_id":"the-world-of-hannah-heaton-9780875803128","title":"The World of Hannah Heaton","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn ordinary eighteenth-century New England woman, Hannah Heaton left an extraordinary document as her legacy. Over a period of 40 years, from the Great Awakening through the Revolutionary War, this farm wife and mother kept a diary recounting her experiences. Now published for the first time, Heaton''s diary offers an unparalleled revelation of one American woman''s experience of the birth of the nation. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMuch of her diary records Heaton''s spiritual struggles, beginning with her conversion during the Great Awakening and her separation from the established Congregational church. Pious by nature, she recalls her childhood fears of the devil, who at night tempted her away from prayer and told her in a whisper to hang herself. Deeply concerned over her own salvation and that of those she loved, Heaton found comfort in the act of writing, feeling that such self-examination brought her closer to God. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHannah Heaton was devoutly religious and intensely self-aware. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Heaton's powerful portrait is one of a kind. It opens a window into a woman's consciousness and conscience, illuminating her complex, tormented inner life. This marvelous text is full of riches.\"—Michael McGiffert, College of William and Mary\u003cbr\u003e \"Hannah Heaton's rare and wonderful diary is a great boon to scholars of early America, gender and family relations, and popular religion.\"—Cornelia Hughes Dayton, University of Connecticut\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e Foreword by James W. Campbell \u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e 1. 1721-1740: Childhood Memories—A Young Girl \u003cbr\u003e 2. 1741-1749: The Great Awakening—Her Conversion—Her Twenties \u003cbr\u003e 3. 1750-1759: French and Indian War—Encounters with Satan—Trial for Breach of the Sabbath—Her Thirties \u003cbr\u003e 4. 1760-1769: Dissenting Ministers—Her Forties \u003cbr\u003e 5. 1770-1775: Sermons—The Moses Paul Execution—Beginnings of the American Revolution—Her Early Fifties \u003cbr\u003e 6. 1776-1779: Her Sons and the Revolution—Her Late Fifties \u003cbr\u003e 7. 1780-1789: Her Reading—Hopes for the Second Coming—Her Sixties \u003cbr\u003e 8. 1790-1793: Her Husband's Death—Revivals—Final Thoughts—Her Seventies \u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Letters to and from Family and Friends, 1750-1792 \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406418125143,"sku":"9780875803128","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780875803128.jpg?v=1730495729","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-world-of-hannah-heaton-9780875803128","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}