A fever in Salem : a new interpretation of the New England witch trials / Laurie Winn Carlson.

Chicago : I.R. Dee, 1999.

xvi, 197 pages ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographic references (p. 183-188) and index

The witch craze in Seventeenth-century New England.--The afflicted.--The response.--Mental illness and the persecution of witches.--The forgotten epidemic.--What happened at Salem?.--Alternative outcomes.--Could encephalitis lethargica return?.--Satanic possession and Christian beliefs.

Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: John Coutts