Irene Quenzler Brown, a historian, is Associate Professor of Family Studies, University of Connecticut. Richard D. Brown is Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of History, University of Connecticut, and Director, University of Connecticut Humanities Institute.

The Hanging of Ephraim Wheeler is a haunting book that will engage the reader at every level--analytical, historical, and above all emotional. With exceptional insight and rare grace, the Browns describe an early republic at least as compelling and perhaps more real than the glamour of the Founding Fathers.

• List of Illustrations Map of Berkshire County, ca. 1800 Introduction: The Ride to the Gallows 1. The Setting 2. The Trial 3. The Daughter 4. The Wife and Mother 5. The Condemned Man 6. The Final Judgment 7. The Execution Aftermath: People and Memory Notes Acknowledgments Index

Irene Quenzler Brown, a historian, is Associate Professor of Family Studies, University of Connecticut. Richard D. Brown is Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of History, University of Connecticut, and Director, University of Connecticut Humanities Institute.

The Hanging of Ephraim Wheeler is a haunting book that will engage the reader at every level--analytical, historical, and above all emotional. With exceptional insight and rare grace, the Browns describe an early republic at least as compelling and perhaps more real than the glamour of the Founding Fathers.

• List of Illustrations Map of Berkshire County, ca. 1800 Introduction: The Ride to the Gallows 1. The Setting 2. The Trial 3. The Daughter 4. The Wife and Mother 5. The Condemned Man 6. The Final Judgment 7. The Execution Aftermath: People and Memory Notes Acknowledgments Index

Irene Quenzler Brown, a historian, is Associate Professor of Family Studies, University of Connecticut. Richard D. Brown is Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of History, University of Connecticut, and Director, University of Connecticut Humanities Institute.

The Hanging of Ephraim Wheeler is a haunting book that will engage the reader at every level--analytical, historical, and above all emotional. With exceptional insight and rare grace, the Browns describe an early republic at least as compelling and perhaps more real than the glamour of the Founding Fathers.

• List of Illustrations Map of Berkshire County, ca. 1800 Introduction: The Ride to the Gallows 1. The Setting 2. The Trial 3. The Daughter 4. The Wife and Mother 5. The Condemned Man 6. The Final Judgment 7. The Execution Aftermath: People and Memory Notes Acknowledgments Index