American Witches: A Broomstick Tour through Four Centuries

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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 both whimsical and startling, well encounter seventeenth-century children flying around inside their New England home “like geese.” Well 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, well accompany a reporter as he dons a dress and goes searching for witches in New York City most dangerous neighborhoods.Entertainingly readable and rich in amazing details often left out of today texts, American Witches casts a flickering torchlight into the dark corners of American history.

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