{"product_id":"tooth-of-the-covenant-norman-lock-9781942658832","title":"Tooth of the Covenant","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNathaniel Hawthorne pens a new tale to exact revenge on his ancestor, a notorious judge of the Salem witch trials\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Best known for his novel \u003ci\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/i\u003e, Nathaniel Hawthorne was burdened by familial shame, which began with his great-great-grandfather John Hathorne, the infamously unrepentant Salem witch trial judge. In this, the eighth stand-alone book in The American Novels series, we witness Hawthorne writing a tale entitled \u003ci\u003eTooth of the Covenant\u003c\/i\u003e, in which he sends his fictional surrogate, Isaac Page, back to the year 1692 to save Bridget Bishop, the first person executed for witchcraft, and rescue the other victims from execution. But when Page puts on Hathorne's spectacles, his worldview is transformed and he loses his resolve. As he battles his conscience, he finds that it is his own life hanging in the balance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn ingenious and profound investigation into the very notion of universal truth and morality, \u003ci\u003eTooth of the Covenant\u003c\/i\u003e probes storytelling's depths to raise history's dead and assuage the persistent ghost of guilt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Norman Lock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1942658834\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942658832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bellevue Literary Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/10\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2021 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/26\/2021","brand":"Norman Lock","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048037609727,"sku":"9781942658832","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d6888378-bfd9-46ce-b44b-9f9db02be4c2.jpg?v=1684993532","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tooth-of-the-covenant-norman-lock-9781942658832","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}