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the devil in massachusetts
the devil in massachusetts
Author: Marion L Starkey
The story of the 1692 witch hunt which began in Salem, Mass.This is "a small historical classic."- Aldous Huxley
ISBN: 177513
Publication Date: 1963
Pages: 344
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Publisher: Time Inc.
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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This is an example of people fearing what they don't understand. If they had just used some common sense or reasoning, they would have known that is the people they targeted were indeed witches, capable of doing the things they accused them of, the witches would have gotten themselves out of the trials and not be burned to death or hanged. This was an interesting look at how completely innocent people can be targeted and punished when only a few people are in charge without any other controls with which to balance the situation, even when some of the "punishers" were themselves not meaning to be evil but just doing what they thought had to be done. zest4bks
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Excellent and readable account of the Salem Witch Hunt.


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