In the Devil's Snare
The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692
$42.54
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2004
Summary
Award-winning historian Mary Beth Norton reexamines the Salem witch trials in this startlingly original, meticulously researched, and utterly riveting study.
In 1692 the people of Massachusetts were living in fear, and not solely of satanic afflictions. Horrifyingly violent Indian attacks had all but emptied the northern frontier of settlers, and many traumatized refugees—including the main accusers of witches—had fled to communities like Salem. Meanwhile the colony’s leaders, defensi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375706905 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0375706909 |
| Author: | Mary Beth Norton |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2004 |
| Weight: | 306g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 131mm x 203mm |
| Series: | Vintage |
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Critics Review
“Stunning… . A rabble-rouser of a book.” –The New York Times Book Review
“Fresh and persuasively argued… . Norton builds her case with the precision of a criminal prosecutor… . Her conclusion is forceful.” –Boston Globe
“The freshest, and most detailed account … that we have had in a decade… . A landmark achievement. It may well herald a new golden age in American history.” –Los Angeles Times
Mary Beth Norton
Mary Beth Norton is Mary Donlon Alger Professor of American History at Cornell University. She is the author of:
- The British-Americans: The Loyalist Exiles in England, 1774-1789 (1972)
- Liberty’s Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women, 1750-1800 (1980)
- Founding Mothers & Fathers: Gendered Power and the Forming of American Society (1996), a Pulitzer Prize finalist
- A People and a Nation (6th ed., 2001) (with five others)
She has also edited several works on women’s history and served as the general editor of The AHA Guide to Historical Literature (3rd ed., 1995).
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