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The ruin of all witches : life and death in the New World / Malcolm Gaskill.
"A gripping story of a family tragedy brought about by witch-hunting in Puritan New England that combines history, anthropology, sociology, politics, theology and psychology. In Springfield, Massachusetts in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils, livestock ails, property vanishes, and people suffer convulsions as if possessed by demons. A woman is seen wading through the swamp like a lost soul. Disturbing dreams and visions proliferate. Children sicken and die. As tensions rise, rumours spread of witches and heretics and the community becomes tangled in a web of distrust, resentment and denunciation. The finger of suspicion soon falls on a young couple with two small children: the prickly brickmaker, Hugh Parsons, and his troubled wife, Mary. Drawing on rich, previously unexplored source material, Malcolm Gaskill vividly evokes a strange past, one where lives were steeped in the divine and the diabolic, in omens, curses and enchantments. The Ruin of All Witches captures an entire society caught in agonized transition between superstition and enlightenment, tradition and innovation"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593316573
- ISBN: 0593316576
- ISBN: 0141991488
- ISBN: 9780141991481
- Physical Description: xxv, 305 pages : maps ; 25 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "This is a Borzoi book." -- title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | A voice that said 'death' -- Here we must be happy -- Temptations of desire -- Sleeveless errands -- I hear my child is dead -- Strange dreams -- That dumb dog -- Converse with the devil -- New Witchland -- Epilogue: An end to all affection. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Albright Memorial Library | 133.4 GASKILL (Text) | 50686016245743 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bangor Public Library | 133.4 GAS (Text) | 75011000386273 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Carbondale Public Library | 133.4 GASKILL (Text) | 50688010852177 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Coudersport Public Library | 133.4309 GAS (Text) | 30183000965960 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Dillsburg Area Public Library | Adults 133.4 GAS Nonfiction (Text) | 34001001427002 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| Exeter Community Library | 133.4309 GAS (Text) | 33249025511548 | Non-fiction | Available | - |
| Littlestown Library | 133.4 GASKILL (Text)
Endowment:
Spencer Stamy Named Endowment, 2022
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35740635895303 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Martin Library | Adults 133.4 GAS Supernatural (Text) | 33454005924972 | Reading Room | Checked Out | 04/30/2024 |
| Montrose | 133.4 GASK (Text) | 37000009434330 | SSQM Main Floor | Available | - |
| Pottsville Free Public Library | 133.4309 G212 (Text)
Bookplate:
Presented by Veida R. Bartholomew in memory of Janet Marie Weiss Bartholomew
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30003009127489 | Ask At Desk | Available | - |
