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Escaping Salem
Richard Godbeer
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Paperback. Tells the story of Kate Branch, a seventeen-year-old afflicted by strange visions and given to blood-chilling wails of pain and fright. Branch accused several women of bewitching her, two of whom were put on trial for witchcraft. This work takes us inside the courtroom - and inside the minds of the surprisingly skeptical Stamford town folk. Series: New Narratives in American History. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 halftones, 2 maps, 4 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEC; 3JD; HBTB; HRQX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 238.
Few events in American history are as well remembered as the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. But there was another witch hunt that year, in Stamford, Connecticut, that has never been examined in depth. Now Richard Godbeer describes this "other witch hunt" in a concise, fascinating narrative that illuminates the colonial world and shatters the stereotype of early New Englanders as quick to accuse and condemn. That stereotype originates with Salem, which was in many ways unlike other outbreaks of witch-hunting in the region. Drawing on eye-witness testimony, Godbeer tells the story of Kate Branch, a seventeen-year-old afflicted by strange ... Read more
Few events in American history are as well remembered as the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. But there was another witch hunt that year, in Stamford, Connecticut, that has never been examined in depth. Now Richard Godbeer describes this "other witch hunt" in a concise, fascinating narrative that illuminates the colonial world and shatters the stereotype of early New Englanders as quick to accuse and condemn. That stereotype originates with Salem, which was in many ways unlike other outbreaks of witch-hunting in the region. Drawing on eye-witness testimony, Godbeer tells the story of Kate Branch, a seventeen-year-old afflicted by strange ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
New Narratives in American History
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195161304
SKU
V9780195161304
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Reviews for Escaping Salem
Godbeer's account of this entire process is a gripping narrative...the book succeeds brilliantly...compelling. Michael D. Bailey, Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft This is a lively, accessible and intelligent case study, closely informed by the scholarship of Keith Thomas, David Hall, Mary Beth Norton and John Demos, and building on Godbeer's own major work on the subject, The Devil's Dominion: Magic and ... Read more