The Devil of Great Island: Witchcraft and Conflict in Early New England

In 1682, ten years before the infamous Salem witch trials, the town of Great Island, New Hampshire,...
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Author: Emerson W. Baker
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Language: English
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The Devil of Great Island: Witchcraft and Conflict in Early New England by Baker, Emerson W.

The Devil of Great Island: Witchcraft and Conflict in Early New England

¥5,706

The Devil of Great Island: Witchcraft and Conflict in Early New England

¥5,706
Author: Emerson W. Baker
Format: Paperback
Language: English

In 1682, ten years before the infamous Salem witch trials, the town of Great Island, New Hampshire, was plagued by mysterious events: strange, demonic noises; unexplainable movement of objects; and hundreds of stones that rained upon a local tavern and appeared at random inside its walls. Town residents blamed what they called Lithobolia or the stone-throwing devil. In this lively account, Emerson Baker shows how witchcraft hysteria overtook one town and spawned copycat incidents elsewhere in New England, prefiguring the horrors of Salem. In the process, he illuminates a cross-section of colonial society and overturns many popular assumptions about witchcraft in the seventeenth century.



Author: Emerson W. Baker
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 04/15/2010
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780230623873

About the Author

Emerson W. Baker teaches history at Salem State College in Salem, Massachusetts. He lives in York, Maine.


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