Emily Mann is one of our most urgently engaging, provocative and significant American playwrights.'' - Joyce Carol Oates ''Elizabeth Packard emerges as a vibran

Elizabeth Packard's story is one of courage and accomplishment in the face of injustice and heartbreak. In 1860, her husband, a strong-willed Calvinist minister

This book discusses about the marital power embodied in the trial of Mrs. Packard and the self-defense of the husband who was sentenced to three years imprisonm