{"product_id":"in-the-devils-snare-the-salem-witchcraft-crisis-of-1692-paperback","title":"In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Beth Norton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning historian Mary Beth Norton reexamines the Salem witch trials in this\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003estartlingly original, meticulously researched, and utterly riveting study. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1692 the people of Massachusetts were living in fear, and not solely of satanic afflictions. Horrifyingly violent Indian attacks had all but emptied the northern frontier of settlers, and many traumatized refugees--including the main accusers of witches--had fled to communities like Salem. Meanwhile the colony's leaders, defensive about their own failure to protect the frontier, pondered how God's people could be suffering at the hands of savages. Struck by the similarities between what the refugees had witnessed and what the witchcraft \"victims\" described, many were quick to see a vast conspiracy of the Devil (in league with the French and the Indians) threatening New England on all sides. By providing this essential context to the famous events, and by casting her net well beyond the borders of Salem itself, Norton sheds new light on one of the most perplexing and fascinating periods in our history.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning historian Mary Beth Norton reexamines the Salem witch trials in this\" startlingly original, meticulously researched, and utterly riveting study. \u003cbr\u003eIn 1692 the people of Massachusetts were living in fear, and not solely of satanic afflictions. Horrifyingly violent Indian attacks had all but emptied the northern frontier of settlers, and many traumatized refugees--including the main accusers of witches--had fled to communities like Salem. Meanwhile the colony's leaders, defensive about their own failure to protect the frontier, pondered how God's people could be suffering at the hands of savages. Struck by the similarities between what the refugees had witnessed and what the witchcraft \"victims\" described, many were quick to see a vast conspiracy of the Devil (in league with the French and the Indians) threatening New England on all sides. By providing this essential context to the famous events, and by casting her net well beyond the borders of Salem itself, Norton sheds new light on one of the most perplexing and fascinating periods in our history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Beth Norton is Mary Donlon Alger Professor of American History at Cornell University. She is the author of \u003cb\u003eThe British-Americans: The Loyalist Exiles in England\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, 1774--1789\u003c\/i\u003e (1972); \u003cb\u003eLiberty's Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, 1750--1800\u003c\/i\u003e (1980); \u003cb\u003eFounding Mothers \u0026amp; Fathers: Gendered Power and the Forming of American Society\u003c\/b\u003e (1996), which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist; and (with five others) \u003cb\u003eA People and a Nation\u003c\/b\u003e (6th ed., 2001). She has also edited several works on women's history and served as the general editor of \u003cb\u003eThe AHA Guide to Historical Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e(3rd ed., 1995).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.96 x 8.08 x 5.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 14, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755632197920,"sku":"9780375706905","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3595ace06a3f412cde761ca0bb77c280.webp?v=1780064191","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-the-devils-snare-the-salem-witchcraft-crisis-of-1692-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}