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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 | |