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Newsletter Year: | 2014 |
| Structure: | Paperback | Language: | English |
| ISBN: |
9780143106180 |
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9780143106180 |
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| Chilling exact-life accounts of witches, from medieval Europe thru colonial The United States From a manual for witch hunters written by King James himself in 1597, to court docket documents from the Salem witch trials of 1692, to newspaper coverage of a lady stoned to death on the streets of Philadelphia while the Continental Congress met, The Penguin Ebook of Witches is a treasury of historical accounts of accused witches that sheds mild on the fact within the assist of the legends. Bringing to life tales like that of Eunice Cole, tried for attacking a teenage lady with a rock and buried with a stake thru her coronary heart; Jane Jacobs, a Bostonian so on the total accused of witchcraft that she took her tormentors to court docket on charges of slander; and Abolish better Mather, an exorcism-performing minister vital for his data of witches, this volume offers a special tour thru the darkest historical previous of English and North American witchcraft, by no plot failing to horrify, intrigue, and enjoyment. | |
| Product Identifiers | |
| Publisher | Penguin Publishing Neighborhood |
| ISBN-10 | 014310618x |
| ISBN-13 | 9780143106180 |
| eBay Product ID (ePID) | 201568629 |
| Product Key Facets | |
| Structure | Paperback |
| Newsletter Year | 2014 |
| Language | English |
| Dimensions | |
| Weight | 9 Oz |
| Width | 5.3in. |
| Prime | 0.6in. |
| Size | 7.8in. |
| Extra Product Facets | |
| Dewey Edition | 23 |
| Notes by | Katherine Howe |
| Introduction by | Katherine Howe |
| Dewey Decimal | 133.43 |
| Grade from | 12 |
| Age Vary | 18 |
| Copyright Date | 2014 |
| Collection of Pages | 320 Pages |
| Lc Classification Number | Bf1566 |
| Newsletter Date | 2014-09-30 |
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A sobering watch at what fret and instability can enact to communities thru the demonization of somebody regarded as as assorted. You would possibly be capable of shut the e-book with a broader conception of what we’re able to doing to 1 one more.” Nerdist “A cornucopia of attention-grabbing and on the total unsettling texts . . . Deftly curated and exhaustively annotated . . . [Along with] Howe’s participating, thorough, and considerate annotations . . . the excerpts . . . are attention-grabbing windows into early tips about gender, class, and social roles.” Refinery 29 “Charming and insightful. With her odd skill, Katherine Howe navigates the winding route resulting in Salem’s hysteria and beyond. A have to-read for somebody who wants to grab now now not most fine what came about but additionally how and why.” Brunonia Barry, New York Situations bestselling writer of The Lace Reader “This comprehensive sequence of in moderation selected documents and printed predominant materials, coupled with essentially faithful and informative introductions, will assist contemporary readers perceive the reputedly inexplicable and continual favorite phenomenon of perception in witchcraft from the seventeenth century into extra contemporary times.” Mary Beth Norton, writer of In the Satan’s Snare “An informative and participating series of texts that Katherine Howe introduces in a crisp and effectively-urged plot. The chronological breadth is routine, but it permits us to buy extra totally the continuities that designate the historical previous of witch-attempting on each sides of the Atlantic.” David D. Hall, Harvard Divinity College “With insightful notations . . . this beautifully edited and annotated work offers in-depth material for these within the origins of witchcraft persecution in The United States.” Library Journal, New Atlantic Indie bestseller “Haunting . . . Erudite, insightful, and resonant . . . There are unsettling, inescapable parallels to the hot police violence in Ferguson, Mo. . . . The Penguin Ebook of Witches . . . offers pleasant historical context, and makes attention-grabbing studying a few previous that every too effectively illuminates the hot.” — NPR.org “Katherine Howe’s original e-book remembers a time when witchcraft wasn’t exact a crime, it changed into ample to salvage you killed.” — NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday “A attention-grabbing sequence of historical accounts.” — The Washington Submit “Of us be pleased by no plot been as to listen to some e-book I changed into studying as they had been as soon as I spent a few weeks in October carrying round The Penguin Ebook of Witches. . . . Ben Franklin changed into alive and likewise you would possibly well detached be publicly stoned to death in Philly for being a witch. Crazy. This e-book is a appropriate reward to give to single ladies folk you perceive.” — Caity Weaver, Gawker, “The Fully Things We Learn in 2014” “I’m exact fully happy there would possibly be now, in this world, a e-book with the title The Penguin Ebook of Witches , attributable to, essentially, how cold is that.” — John Scalzi, New York Situations bestselling and Hugo Award-a hit writer “Invaluable . . . An even compendium.” — The Independent “An comely read . . . Charming and fully assorted from [other] books on witchcraft . . . A sobering watch at what fret and instability can enact to communities thru the demonization of somebody regarded as as assorted. You would possibly be capable of shut the e-book with a broader conception of what we’re able to doing to 1 one more.” — Nerdist “A cornucopia of attention-grabbing and on the total unsettling texts . . . Deftly curated and exhaustively annotated . . . [Along with] Howe’s participating, thorough, and considerate annotations . . . the excerpts . . . are attention-grabbing windows into early tips about gender, class, and social roles.” — Refinery 29 “Charming and insightful. With her odd skill, Katherine Howe navigates the winding route resulting in Salem’s hysteria and beyond. A have to-read for somebody who wants to grab now now not most fine what came about but additionally how and why.” — Brunonia Barry, New York Situations bestselling writer of The Lace Reader “This comprehensive sequence of in moderation selected documents and printed predominant materials, coupled with essentially faithful and informative introductions, will assist contemporary readers perceive the reputedly inexplicable and continual favorite phenomenon of perception in witchcraft from the seventeenth century into extra contemporary times.” — Mary Beth Norton, writer of In the Satan’s Snare “An informative and participating series of texts that Katherine Howe introduces in a crisp and effectively-urged plot. The chronological breadth is routine, but it permits us to buy extra totally the continuities that designate the historical previous of witch-attempting on each sides of the Atlantic.” — David D. Hall, Harvard Divinity College “With insightful notations . . . this beautifully edited and annotated work offers in-depth material for these within the origins of witchcraft persecution in The United States.” — Library Journal, “Charming and insightful. With her odd skill, Katherine Howe navigates the winding route resulting in Salem’s hysteria and beyond. A have to-read for somebody who wants to grab now now not most fine what came about but additionally how and why.” Brunonia Barry, New York Situations bestselling writer of The Lace Reader “This comprehensive sequence of in moderation selected documents and printed predominant materials, coupled with essentially faithful and informative introductions, will assist contemporary readers perceive the reputedly inexplicable and continual favorite phenomenon of perception in witchcraft from the seventeenth century into extra contemporary times.” Mary Beth Norton, writer of In the Satan’s Snare, This comprehensive sequence of in moderation selected documents and printed predominant materials, coupled with essentially faithful and informative introductions, will assist contemporary readers perceive the reputedly inexplicable and continual favorite phenomenon of perception in witchcraft from the seventeenth century into extra contemporary times, “With insightful notations . . . this beautifully edited and annotated work offers in-depth material for these within the origins of witchcraft persecution in The United States.” Library Journal “Charming and insightful. With her odd skill, Katherine Howe navigates the winding route resulting in Salem’s hysteria and beyond. A have to-read for somebody who wants to grab now now not most fine what came about but additionally how and why.” Brunonia Barry, New York Situations bestselling writer of The Lace Reader “This comprehensive sequence of in moderation selected documents and printed predominant materials, coupled with essentially faithful and informative introductions, will assist contemporary readers perceive the reputedly inexplicable and continual favorite phenomenon of perception in witchcraft from the seventeenth century into extra contemporary times.” Mary Beth Norton, writer of In the Satan’s Snare “An informative and participating series of texts that Katherine Howe introduces in a crisp and effectively-urged plot. The chronological breadth is routine, but it permits us to buy extra totally the continuities that designate the historical previous of witch-attempting on each sides of the Atlantic.” David D. Hall, Harvard Divinity College, “I’m exact fully happy there would possibly be now, in this world, a e-book with the title The Penguin Ebook of Witches , attributable to, essentially, how cold is that.” John Scalzi, New York Situations bestselling and Hugo Awardwinning writer “Charming and insightful. With her odd skill, Katherine Howe navigates the winding route resulting in Salem’s hysteria and beyond. A have to-read for somebody who wants to grab now now not most fine what came about but additionally how and why.” Brunonia Barry, New York Situations bestselling writer of The Lace Reader “This comprehensive sequence of in moderation selected documents and printed predominant materials, coupled with essentially faithful and informative introductions, will assist contemporary readers perceive the reputedly inexplicable and continual favorite phenomenon of perception in witchcraft from the seventeenth century into extra contemporary times.” Mary Beth Norton, writer of In the Satan’s Snare “An informative and participating series of texts that Katherine Howe introduces in a crisp and effectively-urged plot. The chronological breadth is routine, but it permits us to buy extra totally the continuities that designate the historical previous of witch-attempting on each sides of the Atlantic.” David D. Hall, Harvard Divinity College “With insightful notations . . . this beautifully edited and annotated work offers in-depth material for these within the origins of witchcraft persecution in The United States.” Library Journal |
| Edited by | Katherine Howe |
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