- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Commonwealth Editions (Sep 1 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1889833541
- ISBN-13: 978-1889833545
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 544 g
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Product Description
"In a series of richly detailed narratives, Simons uncovers the dark side of Boston life from the city's founding until the Revolution. It's the stuff of National Enquirer headlines-colonial style-meticulously researched and delightfully told. "
About the Author
D. Brenton Simons is chief operating officer of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. A native of New Haven, Connecticut, and a graduate of Boston University, he lives in Boston.
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3.8 out of 5 stars (5 customer reviews)
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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Entertaining and historically accurate--Highly Recommended, Sep 13 2005
By Judith H. Halseth, Ed.D. "genealogist" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Witches, Rakes, and Rogues (Hardcover) (Hardcover)
Brenton Simons gives us true stories that portray a sampling of the creatively scandalous characters in colonial Boston. Their escapades survived in diaries and journals, letters, court records, newspapers, and broadsides. He put together a fascinating group of never-before-told episodes, and he researched the truth behind fragments of tales which had been handed down.Witches, Rakes, and Rogues provides a window into the lives of colorful colonial Bostonian characters and their innocent "victims," at a time when the get-away vehicle was a horse, or a boat. The reader will discover women and men who were unsavory, persuasive and seductive, conniving, stealthy, unethical, and just plain ridiculous in their expectations that they could fool or delude others into thinking they were engaged in legitimate pursuits. Some of these characters are likeable on the surface, and despicable underneath.
Are we more sophisticated and knowledgeable today, to avoid getting swindled by some of the too-good-to-be-true deals which were offered to the gullible, in these pre-Revolution stories? I highly recommend the book to readers who enjoy true tales of intrigue, as well as to historians and genealogists curious about some of the "real" people and the times in colonial Boston.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
What Fun !!, Oct 29 2005
By Virginia W. Koster - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Witches, Rakes, and Rogues (Hardcover) (Hardcover)
This is a delightful, informative and well-written set of tales about our less-than-pure Puritan forefathers. The stories are fascinating and Simons is an engaging storyteller.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Early Bostonian sins and scandals, Mar 16 2006
By D. Donovan, Editor/Sr. Reviewer "California B... - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Witches, Rakes, and Rogues (Hardcover) (Hardcover)
D. Brenton Simons' WITCHES, RAKES, AND ROGUES: TRUE STORIES OF SCAM, SCANDAL, MURDER AND MAYHEM IN BOSTON, 1630-1775 holds special interest to Massachusetts residents and history buffs. Bostonians of the colonial period may have been Puritans but they had their own sins and scandals, and historians Brenton Simons dug deep into Boston's records to reveal a wealth of true crime tales from murder and bigamy to black sheep. Bostonians will find it engrossing reading.
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