Escaping Salem: The Other Witch Hunt of 1692
- ISBN-10
- 0195161297
- ISBN-13
- 9780195161298
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 177
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- Richard Godbeer
Description
Describes the witch hunt that took place in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1692, detailing the story of Kate Branch, a seventeen-year-old afflicted by strange visions and given to wails of pain and fright, who accused several women of bewitching her.
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