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| Note to the Reader | |
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| A Note About the Images in This Book | |
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| On Spelling, Word Usage, and Dates in This Book | |
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| Introduction: Of Dark Forests and Midnight Thoughts | |
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| "The Queen of Hell" | |
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| Two Familiar Fairy Tales | |
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| Skittering Shadows | |
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| Belief or Fraud? | |
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| Prologue: Boston, 1688: The Possession of the Goodwin Children | |
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| Mather vs Glover | |
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| Of Meetinghouses and the Blood of Wolves: The Puritan Journey | |
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| Testing a Witch | |
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| Exploring the Invisible World | |
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| Lessons and Warnings | |
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| Two Salem Families, 1641-1692 | |
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| The Putnams and the Porters | |
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| The Theft | |
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| A Minister's Warnings | |
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| Two Mysteries | |
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| The First Mystery | |
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| The Second Mystery | |
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| The Second Mystery Deepens | |
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| The Mysteries End and the Hearings Begin | |
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| The Usual Suspects | |
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| Tituba's Confession | |
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| The Accuser: Ann Putnam Jr. | |
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| Biting, Pinching, and Choking | |
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| Of Tests and Wishes | |
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| The One and the Many | |
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| Martha Corey | |
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| "Confess and Give Glory to God" | |
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| From Hearings to Trials | |
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| "Alas, Alas, Alas, Witchcraft" | |
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| To Hear and Decide | |
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| One Dead: Bridget Bishop | |
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| The Man in Black | |
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| Vengeful Ghosts | |
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| Two Men in Black | |
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| "Choosing Death with a Quiet Conscience" | |
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| "If I Would Confess, I Should Have My Life" | |
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| A Confused Jury | |
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| "Till the Blood Was Ready to Come Out of Their Noses" | |
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| "That No More Innocent Blood Be Shed" | |
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| Mary Easty | |
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| "It Was All False" | |
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| "I Do Most Heartily, Fervently, and Humbly Beseech Pardon" | |
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| "A Great Delusion of Satan" | |
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| Ann Putnam Jr. Speaks | |
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| Wheels Within Wheels | |
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| Epilogue: Explaining Salem | |
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| Fraud, Witches, Hysterics, Hallucinators | |
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| The Crucible, Witch-Hunt, and Religion: Crossing Points of Many Histories | |
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| Timeline of Milestones in Puritan History | |
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| Important Dates in Puritan History Before 1692 | |
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| Chronology of Events in the Salem Witch Crisis | |
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| Notes and Comments | |