The witches : Salem, 1692
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New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2015.
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First edition.
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xiv, 498 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, facsimiles ; 25 cm
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Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2015.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English

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Includes bibliographic references and index.
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"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"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Schiff, S. (2015). The witches: Salem, 1692 (First edition.). Little, Brown and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Schiff, Stacy. 2015. The Witches: Salem, 1692. Little, Brown and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Schiff, Stacy. The Witches: Salem, 1692 Little, Brown and Company, 2015.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Schiff, Stacy. The Witches: Salem, 1692 First edition., Little, Brown and Company, 2015.

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