Pump Up Your Book Presents One of Windsor: The Untold Story of America’s First Witch Hanging Virtual Book Tour & Giveaway!

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Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Beth M. Caruso’s ONE OF WINDSOR: THE UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICA’S FIRST WITCH HANGING virtual book tour November 1 – 30!

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Inside the Book

Title: One of Windsor: The Untold Story of America’s First Witch Hanging
Author:  Beth M. Caruso
Publisher: Ladyslipper Press
Pages: 358
Genre:  Historical Fiction

Alice, a young woman prone to intuitive insights and loyalty to the only family she has ever known, leaves England for the rigid colony of the Massachusetts Bay in 1635 in hopes of reuniting with them again. Finally settling in Windsor, Connecticut, she encounters the rich American wilderness and its inhabitants, her own healing abilities, and the blinding fears of Puritan leaders which collide and set the stage for America’s first witch hanging, her own, on May 26, 1647.

This event and Alice’s ties to her beloved family are catalysts that influence Connecticut’s Governor John Winthrop Jr. to halt witchcraft hangings in much later years. Paradoxically, these same ties and the memory of the incidents that led to her accusation become a secret and destructive force behind Cotton Mather’s written commentary on the Salem witch trials of 1692, provoking further witchcraft hysteria in Massachusetts forty-five years after her death.

The author uses extensive historical research combined with literary inventions, to bring forth a shocking and passionate narrative theory explaining this tragic and important episode in American history.

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Meet the Author

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Beth M. Caruso grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio and spent her childhood writing puppet shows and witches’ cookbooks. She became interested in French Literature and Hispanic Studies, receiving a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Cincinnati. She later obtained Masters degrees in Nursing and Public Health.

Working as a Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand, she helped to improve the public health of local Karen hill tribes. She also had the privilege to care for hundreds of babies and their mothers as a labor and delivery nurse.

Largely influenced by an apprenticeship with herbalist and wildcrafter, Will Endres, in North Carolina, she surrounds herself with plants through gardening and native species conservation.

Her latest passion is to discover and convey important stories of women in American history. One of Windsor is her debut novel. She lives in New England with her awesome husband, amazing children, loyal puppy, and cuddly cats.

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giveaway

Beth M. Caruso is giving away a FREE Kindle copy of ONE OF WINDSOR: THE UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICA’S FIRST WITCH HANGING!

Terms & Conditions:

  • By entering the giveaway, you are confirming you are at least 18 years old.
  • One winner will be chosen via Rafflecopter to receive both books
  • This giveaway ends midnight November 30.
  • Winner will be contacted via email on December 1.
  • Winner has 48 hours to reply.

Good luck everyone!

ENTER TO WIN!

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Tour Schedule

Tuesday, November 1 – Book Feature & Tour Kick Off at The Writer’s Life

Wednesday, November 2 – Character Interview at Pimp That Character!

Thursday, November 3 – Interview at The Dark Phantom Reviews

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Monday, November 7 – Book Featured at Bound 2 Escape

Tuesday, November 8 – Book Review at Books, Reviews, ETC.

Wednesday, November 9 – Book Review at 100 Pages A Day

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Tuesday, November 15 – Book Featured at Paranormal and Romantic Suspense Reviews

Wednesday, November 16 – Interview at My Bookish Pleasures

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Monday, November 21 – Guest Blogging at The Story Behind the Book

Wednesday, November 23 – Book Review at Emeraldfire’s Bookmark

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Monday, November 28 – Book Review at fuonlyknew

Wednesday, November 30 – Book Review at A Holland Reads

Wednesday, November 30 – Book Review at Confessions of the Perfect Mom

 


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