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Boynton, Cynthia Wolfe

 
9781626193871: Connecticut Witch Trials: The First Panic in the New World
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1626193878 ISBN 13 : 9781626193871
Editeur : History Press, 2014

Synopsis

Connecticut's witch hunt was the first and most ferocious in New England, occurring almost fifty years before the infamous Salem witch trials.


Between 1647 and 1697, at least thirty-four men and women from across the state were formally charged with witchcraft. Eleven were hanged. In New Haven, William Meeker was accused of cutting off and burning his pig's ears and tail as he cast a bewitching spell. After the hanging of Fairfield's Goody Knapp, magistrates cut down and searched her body for the marks of the devil. Through newspaper clippings, court records, letters and diaries, author Cynthia Wolfe Boynton uncovers the dark history of the Connecticut witch trials.

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À propos de l'auteur

An award-wining journalist, playwright and poet, Cindy Boynton is a freelance writer whose background includes more than fifteen years as a regular correspondent for the New York Times and nine years as editor and publishing director of Better Health magazine. Cindy is also an English and communications instructor at the Yale School of Medicine and Housatonic Community College, as well as host of the weekly Literary New England Radio Show podcast.

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Éditeur
History Press
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1626193878
ISBN 13 
9781626193871
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
128
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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