num_pages: 436
description: STATED FIRST EDITION. 2002 Alfred A. Knopf larger trade paperback, Mary Beth Norton (Founding Mothers &amp; Gendered Power and the Forming of American Society). In 1692 the people of Massachusetts were living in fear, and not solely of satanic afflictions. Horrifyingly violent Indian attacks had all but emptied the northern frontier of settlers, and many traumatized refugees—including the main accusers of witches—had fled to communities like Salem. Meanwhile the colony’s leaders, defensive about their own failure to protect the frontier, pondered how God’s people could be suffering at the hands of savages. Struck by the similarities between what the refugees had witnessed and what the witchcraft “victims” described, many were quick to see a vast conspiracy of the Devil (in league with the French and the Indians) threatening New England on all sides. By providing this essential context to the famous events, and by casting her net well beyond the borders of Salem itself, Norton sheds new light on one of the most perplexing and fascinating periods in our history. - Amazon
language: English
title: In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692
titlecomplete: In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692
genres: United States, Historical, History, Religion, Witchcraft, American History, Witches, 17th Century, American, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1345
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Ambassador Book Award
category: American Studies
publisher: Alfred A. Knopf