Preferred Shelf Number:
345.7445 SCHIFF
First Title value, for Searching:
The witches : Salem, 1692
First Author value, for Searching:
Schiff, Stacy.
ISBN:
9780316200608
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
xiv, 498 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Contents:
Cast of characters -- The diseases of astonishment -- That old deluder -- The working of wonders -- One of you is a devil -- The wizard -- A suburb of hell -- Now they say there is above seven hundred in all -- In these hellish meetings -- Our case is extraordinary -- Published to prevent false reports -- That dark and mysterious season -- A long train of miserable consequences.
Abstract:
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Cleopatra analyzes the Salem Witch Trials to offer key insights into the role of women in its events while explaining how its tragedies became possible.
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