The Devil in Massachusetts: a modern inquiry into the Salem witch trialsThis historical narrative of the Salem witch trials takes its dialogue from actual trial records but applies modern psychiatric knowledge to the witchcraft hysteria. Starkey's sense of drama also vividly recreates the atmosphere of pity and terror that fostered the evil and suffering of this human tragedy. |
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User Review - LilyRoseShadowlyn - LibraryThingA new and refreshing look into the Salem Witch trials. Starkey creates a whirlpool that quickly sucks the reader into the hysteria and fear of the New World at a time when witchcraft was a legitimate ... Read full review
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User Review - LibraryCin - LibraryThing3.25 stars This book was originally published in 1949, and looks at the trials of the Salem witches in 1692. The book was pretty good. Unfortunately, it just didn't make me want to pick up the book ... Read full review
Contents
SSSMS Cutpter Page I THE EASIEST ROOM IN HELL | 3 |
YOUNG PEOPLES CIRCLE | 9 |
THE POSSESSED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Devil in Massachusetts: a modern inquiry into the Salem witch trials A borzoi book |
| Author | Marion Lena Starkey |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | A. A. Knopf, 1949 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | Feb 10, 2009 |
| Length | 310 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Body, Mind & Spirit / Magick Studies Body, Mind & Spirit / Witchcraft & Wicca History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775) History / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) Law / Legal History Trials (Witchcraft) Trials (Witchcraft) - Massachusetts - Salem Trials (Witchcraft)/ Massachusetts/ Salem Witchcraft Witchcraft - Massachusetts - Salem Witchcraft/ Massachusetts/ Salem |
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