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Title Statement | The Penguin book of witches / edited by Katherine Howe. |
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Series | Penguin classics |
Additional Contributors | Howe, Katherine |
Publication | New York: Penguin Books,2014.©2014 |
Extent of Item | xix, 294 pages ; |
ISBN | 014310618X (pbk.) 9780143106180 (pbk.) |
Other Number | 2614773 |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary | "Chilling real-life accounts of witches, from medieval Europe through colonial America from a manual for witch hunters written by King James himself in 1597, to court documents from the Salem witch trials of 1692, to newspaper coverage of a woman stoned to death on the streets of Philadelphia while the Continental Congress met, The Penguin Book of Witches is a treasury of historical accounts of accused witches that sheds light on the reality behind the legends. Bringing to life stories like that of Eunice Cole, tried for attacking a teenage girl with a rock and buried with a stake through her heart; Jane Jacobs, a Bostonian so often accused of witchcraft that she took her tormentors to court on charges of slander; and Increase Mather, an exorcism-performing minister famed for his knowledge of witches, this volume provides a unique tour through the darkest history of English and North American witchcraft."--Provided by publisher. |
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By Topic | Witchcraft--History--Europe |
Witchcraft--History--United States | |
Witch hunting--History--Europe | |
Witch hunting--History--United States | |
Trials (Witchcraft)--History--Europe | |
Trials (Witchcraft)--History--United States |