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Author Starkey, Marion L. (Marion Lena), author.

Title The Devil in Massachusetts : a modern inquiry into the Salem Witch Trials / by Marion L. Starkey.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1950.

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Location Call No. Status
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  345.744 STARKEY, MARION L.    Check Shelf
Description viii, 310, vii pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-310) and index.
Contents Preface -- 1. The easiest room in Hell -- 2. Young people's circle -- 3. The possessed -- 4. Tituba -- 5. Gospel witch -- 6. "What sin unrepented of?" -- 7. John Procter's Jade -- 8. The weird sisters -- 9. Small black minister -- 10. Puritan knight -- 11. Democracy for witches -- 12. Village circe -- 13. Damned for the glory of God -- 14. Blood to drink -- 15. The Devil in Andover -- 16. On Gallows Hill -- 17. Eight firebrands of Hell -- 18. The ghost of Mary Esty -- 19. Jail delivery -- 20. The Devil and Cotton Mather -- 21. Village purge -- 22. "We walked in clouds" -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
Subject Trials (Witchcraft) -- Massachusetts -- Salem.
Witchcraft -- Massachusetts -- Salem.
History, 17th Century. (DNLM)D049670
Witchcraft. (DNLM)D018599
Salem (Mass.)
Trials (Witchcraft) (OCoLC)fst01156425
Witchcraft. (OCoLC)fst01176327
Massachusetts -- Salem. (OCoLC)fst01205839
Geschichte. (DE-588)4020517-4
Hexenverfolgung. (DE-588)4113908-2
Massachusetts. (DE-588)4037858-5
Genre/Form Juvenile literature.
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