UBC: A Quest for Security
Gragg, Larry. A Quest for Security: The Life of Samuel Parris, 1653-1720. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.
Ironically, while I was very excited to find Tituba, Reluctant Witch of Salem and picked this up mostly because (a.) it was right there and (b.) it seemed unlikely I'd ever find another copy, this was by far the better book.
It is exactly what it says it is: a biography of Samuel Parris. And Gragg doesn't try to make Parris seem either better or worse (or more interesting) than he actually...
Ironically, while I was very excited to find Tituba, Reluctant Witch of Salem and picked this up mostly because (a.) it was right there and (b.) it seemed unlikely I'd ever find another copy, this was by far the better book.
It is exactly what it says it is: a biography of Samuel Parris. And Gragg doesn't try to make Parris seem either better or worse (or more interesting) than he actually...
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