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100 1  Gaskill, Malcolm,|eauthor. 
245 14 The ruin of all witches :|blife and death in the New World
       /|cMalcolm Gaskill. 
250    First American edition 
264  1 UK ;|aUSA :|bAllen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books,
       |c[2022] 
264  4 |c©2021 
300    xxv, 305 pages :|billustrations, maps ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-284) and 
       index. 
505 0  A voice that said 'death' -- Here we must be happy -- 
       Temptations of desire -- Sleeveless errands -- I hear my 
       child is dead -- Strange dreams -- That dumb dog -- 
       Converse with the devil -- New Witchland -- Epilogue: An 
       end to all affection. 
520    "A gripping story of a family tragedy brought about by 
       witch-hunting in Puritan New England that combines history,
       anthropology, sociology, politics, theology and 
       psychology. In Springfield, Massachusetts in 1651, 
       peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils, 
       livestock ails, property vanishes, and people suffer 
       convulsions as if possessed by demons. A woman is seen 
       wading through the swamp like a lost soul. Disturbing 
       dreams and visions proliferate. Children sicken and die. 
       As tensions rise, rumours spread of witches and heretics 
       and the community becomes tangled in a web of distrust, 
       resentment and denunciation. The finger of suspicion soon 
       falls on a young couple with two small children: the 
       prickly brickmaker, Hugh Parsons, and his troubled wife, 
       Mary. Drawing on rich, previously unexplored source 
       material, Malcolm Gaskill vividly evokes a strange past, 
       one where lives were steeped in the divine and the 
       diabolic, in omens, curses and enchantments. The Ruin of 
       All Witches captures an entire society caught in agonized 
       transition between superstition and enlightenment, 
       tradition and innovation."--|cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Parsons, Hugh,|ddied 1685. 
600 10 Parsons, Mary|q(Mary Lewis),|ddied 1651. 
600 10 Pynchon, William,|d1590-1662. 
600 17 Pynchon, William,|d1590-1662.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00165526 
648  7 1600-1699|2fast 
650  0 Witch hunting|zMassachusetts|zSpringfield|xHistory|y17th 
       century. 
650  0 Witchcraft|zMassachusetts|zSpringfield|xHistory|y17th 
       century. 
650  0 Trials (Witchcraft)|zMassachusetts|zSpringfield|xHistory
       |y17th century. 
650  7 Manners and customs.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01007815 
650  7 Trials (Witchcraft)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01156425 
650  7 Witch hunting.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01747420 
650  7 Witchcraft.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01176327 
651  0 Springfield (Mass.)|xReligious life and customs. 
651  0 Springfield (Mass.)|xSocial life and customs|y17th 
       century. 
651  0 Springfield (Mass.)|xHistory|y17th century. 
651  7 Massachusetts|zSpringfield.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01205519 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
776 08 |iOnline version:|aGaskill, Malcolm.|tRuin of all witches
       |dUK ; USA : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 
       [2022]|z9780593316580|w(DLC)  2021057424 
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