American Witches: A Broomstick Tour through Four Centuries
Susan Fair, "American Witches: A Broomstick Tour through Four Centuries"
English | ISBN: 1510703802 | 2016 | 336 pages | AZW3 | 2 MB
English | ISBN: 1510703802 | 2016 | 336 pages | AZW3 | 2 MB
The history of American witches is way weirder than you ever imagined. From bewitched pigs hell-bent on revenge to gruesome twentieth-century murders, American Witches reveals strange incidents of witchcraft that have long been swept under the rug as bizarre sidenotes to history.
On a tour through history that’s both whimsical and startling, we’ll encounter seventeenth-century children flying around inside their New England home like geese.” We’ll meet a father-son team of pious Puritans who embarked on a mission that involved undressing ladies and overseeing hangings. And on the eve of the Civil War, we’ll accompany a reporter as he dons a dress and goes searching for witches in New York City’s most dangerous neighborhoods.
Entertainingly readable and rich in amazing details often left out of today’s texts,
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