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In the Devil's Snare : The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692
In the Devil's Snare The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692
Author: Mary Beth Norton
In January 1692 in Salem Village, Massachusetts, two young girls began to suffer from inexplicable fits. Seventeen months later, after legal action had been taken against 144 people—20 of them put to death—the ignominious Salem witchcraft trials finally came to an end. — Now, Mary Beth Norton—one of our most ad-mired historians&...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780375407093
ISBN-10: 037540709X
Publication Date: 9/10/2002
Pages: 448
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Publisher: Knopf
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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While this book is full of historical facts, it is also full of the writers opinion. The writer is an obvious feminist and unfortunately that affected her interpretation of the majority of historical data she collected.
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Well researched in-depth historical account of the Salem witch story.
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very interesting


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