The witches: Salem, 1692
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"Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff, author of the #1 bestseller Cleopatra, provides an electrifying, fresh view of the Salem witch trials... Along with suffrage and Prohibition, the Salem witch trials represent one of the few moments when women played the central role in American history. Drawing masterfully on the archives, Stacy Schiff introduces us to the strains on a Puritan adolescent's life and to the authorities whose delicate agendas were at risk. She illuminates the demands of a rigorous faith, the vulnerability of settlements adrift from the mother country, perched -- at a politically tumultuous time -- on the edge of what a visitor termed a 'remote, rocky, barren, bushy, wild-woody wilderness.' With devastating clarity, the textures and tensions of a colonial life emerge; hidden patterns subtly, startlingly detach themselves from the darkness. Schiff brings early American anxieties to the fore to align them brilliantly with our own. In an era of religious provocations, crowdsourcing, and invisible enemies, this enthralling story makes more sense than ever. The Witches is Schiff's riveting account of a seminal episode, a primal American mystery unveiled -- in crackling detail and lyrical prose -- by one of our most acclaimed historians"--
Subjects
Subjects
Biography & Autobiography
Colonial Period (1600-1775)
Colonial Period (1600-1775) -- United States
Electronic books
History
Nonfiction
Salem (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Trials (Witchcraft)
Trials (Witchcraft) -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- 17th century
Witchcraft
Witchcraft -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- History -- 17th century
Women
Women -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- History -- 17th century
Colonial Period (1600-1775)
Colonial Period (1600-1775) -- United States
Electronic books
History
Nonfiction
Salem (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Trials (Witchcraft)
Trials (Witchcraft) -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- 17th century
Witchcraft
Witchcraft -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- History -- 17th century
Women
Women -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- History -- 17th century
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Last Grouping Update | 2023-12-01 04:07:51AM |
Last Indexed | 2023-12-01 04:41:36AM |
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Electronic books
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Women -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- History -- 17th century
Electronic books
Salem (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Trials (Witchcraft) -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- 17th century
Witchcraft -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- History -- 17th century
Women -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- History -- 17th century
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The Witches Salem, 1692 [eBook] Schiff, Stacy,
The witches : Salem, 1692 / Stacy Schiff
The Witches Salem, 1692 [eBook] Schiff, Stacy,
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Trials (Witchcraft)
Witchcraft
Women
Colonial Period (1600-1775)
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Witchcraft
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