The Resource The witches : Salem, 1692 : a history, Stacy Schiff
The witches : Salem, 1692 : a history, Stacy Schiff
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- Summary
- "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"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvi, 496 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Our case is extraordinary
- Published to prevent false reports
- That dark and mysterious season
- A long train of miserable consequences
- 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
- Isbn
- 9781474602266
- Label
- The witches : Salem, 1692 : a history
- Title
- The witches
- Title remainder
- Salem, 1692 : a history
- Statement of responsibility
- Stacy Schiff
- Title variation
- Witches
- Title variation remainder
- Salem, 1692 : a history
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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"--
- Cataloging source
- QPPL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Schiff, Stacy
- Dewey number
- 974.402
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Witchcraft
- Women
- Trials (Witchcraft)
- Salem (Mass.)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The witches : Salem, 1692 : a history, Stacy Schiff
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographic references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Our case is extraordinary
- Published to prevent false reports
- That dark and mysterious season
- A long train of miserable consequences
- 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
- Control code
- 000058911498
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- xvi, 496 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781474602266
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits, facsimiles
- System control number
- (OCoLC)961292266
- Label
- The witches : Salem, 1692 : a history, Stacy Schiff
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographic references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Our case is extraordinary
- Published to prevent false reports
- That dark and mysterious season
- A long train of miserable consequences
- 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
- Control code
- 000058911498
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- xvi, 496 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781474602266
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits, facsimiles
- System control number
- (OCoLC)961292266
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