Salem Witchcraft and Hawthorne's "House of the Seven Gables de Enders A. Robinson - 2010-03-31

Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc, 1992. Paperback. Good. Octavo. Paperback. xiv, 374 pages. Illustrated with black and white photograph frontispiece and in the text. Very good condition with white soft cover binding with brown titles and illustration to front cover. Some edge wear to the binding. Previous owner name on the right front flyleaf. Very light foxing on the fore edge.

Heritage Books, Inc. PAPERBACK. VG. Binding solid, pages crisp and clean, no markings found. Covers bright and shiny with very light scuffs and dents. Extremities lightly bumped with small creases.

Heritage Books, Inc. New. 2010. Paperback. 404 pages. This book offers a detailed and highly readable account of the Salem witchcraft affair of 1692. Its publication coincides with the tercentenary observance of the events that form one of the grimmest chapters in colonial American history. The book has three parts. Part One, "Salem Witchcraft History," provides background information on the Puritan settlement of New England and documents the circumstances which led to the witch hunt of 1692. It identifies the conspirators who accused innocent people by working in collusion with the Puritan old guard authority. It then gives an account of the Andover phase of the witch hunt, with emphasis on the almost forgotten story of the fifty townspeople who were imprisoned for witchcraft in 1692. Nathaniel Hawthorne was a descendant of John Hathorne, one of the most zealous of the Salem witch hunters. Part Two, "The House of the Seven Gables," briefly examines Hawthorne's… Leer más

Heritage Books, Inc.. Paperback. New.
This book offers a detailed and highly readable account of the Salem witchcraft affair of 1692 Its publication coincides with the tercentenary observance of the events that form one of the grimmest chapters in colonial American history The book has three parts Part One, "Salem Witchcraft History," provides background information on the Puritan settlement of New England and documents the circumstances which led to the witch hunt of 1692 It identifies the conspirators who accused innocent people by working in collusion with the Puritan old guard authority It then gives an account of the Andover phase of the witch hunt, with emphasis on the almost forgotten story of the fifty townspeople who were imprisoned for witchcraft in 1692
Nathaniel Hawthorne was a descendant of John Hathorne, one of the most zealous of the Salem witch hunters Part Two, "The House of the Seven Gables," briefly examines Hawthorne's treatment of the witchcraft events in which his ancestor had… Leer más

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Heritage Books, Inc, 2019-12-30. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!