Haverhill Public Library’s Get Lit Group to Discuss Hannah Duston Book by Jay Atkinson

“Massacre on the Merrimack: Hannah Duston’s Captivity and Revenge in Colonial America” by Jay Atkinson.

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Haverhill Public Library’s Get Lit book club plans to discuss “Massacre on the Merrimack: Hannah Duston’s Captivity and Revenge in Colonial America” during an online meeting.

The club discusses the book by Jay Atkinson Thursday, Aug. 20, from 7-8:30 p.m. Hannah Duston, a Puritan taken captive by Abenaki people during a raid on Haverhill in 1697, has been in the news lately as city councilors heard pleas to remove her statue in GAR Park.

For more information or to register, visit haverhillpl.org and click Calendar of Events.

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