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The witches : Salem, 1692  Cover Image Book Book

The witches : Salem, 1692 / Stacy Schiff.

Schiff, Stacy. (Author).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780316200608
  • ISBN: 0316200603
  • Physical Description: xiv, 498 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, facsimiles ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographic references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: Witchcraft > Massachusetts > Salem > History > 17th century.
Women > Massachusetts > Salem > History > 17th century.
Trials (Witchcraft) > Massachusetts > Salem > 17th century.
Salem (Mass.) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Trials (Witchcraft)
Massachusetts > Salem.
Genre: History.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Skagit Evergreen Libraries.
  • 0 of 0 copies available at La Conner Swinomish Library District.
  • 0 of 0 copies available at La Conner Regional Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Burlington Public Library 345.744 SCHIFF 2015 39851001254144 Non-fiction Available -


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