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An engrossing book by the famous 18th-century minister of Boston's Old North Church — who also presided over the Salem witch trials — provides read... read full description

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Feb 20, 2009
Laura rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Full text available at a fantastic Salem Witchcraft Trials website, http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcra... , along with all of the original court transcriptions and other books.
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Cotton captures all the ignorance, spitefulness, and bible-backed lying that has become an enduring portrait of American life (past and present).

The first two minutes of "Witchfinder General" starring Vincent Price faithfully represents everything in this stinking, vile book.
Apr 26, 2008
Ed rated it: 1 of 5 stars
Read a download of part of Mather's Wonders of the Invisible World. It is very frightening that the thinking that went into the idiocy depicted in this work detailing the Puritan witch trials continues to influence the American character.
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