Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply

by Upham Charles Wentworth (Creator)

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Genres: Nonfiction, Witchcraft, History, Witches

282 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1869

Reviews

[Emma Mariani]

The book "Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather" by Charles W. Upham was a really good and interesting book. I usually have a hard time trying to find books that will keep me interested and keep me reading. What kept me interested to keep reading this book is like a documentary and telling about what was happening during the Salem Witch Trial. The book tells of what happened during the time of the of the Salem Witch trial and peoples experiences.
It also tells how Cotton Mather was a big part of the Salem Witch trials by being an influential thinker and minister. He caused a numerous of convictions and executions. It all happened through the 17th century which was a big part of American history. It explains the Witch trials through many peoples point of views which was interesting to see what they have to say from there perspectives. It was a great book and I recommend reading this book if you find the Witch trials interesting. I also recommend reading this if you have a great interest in American history.

[Tiffany · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mathers has the worst mindset and maybe i feel that way about all people during the witch trials... but jesus christ.

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not very interesting at all. Would be a bit useful if you needed more research material for a paper, but that's about it.

[Psychotic Chipmunk · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book to read.
While other sources have primary information, this book has an interesting set of facts, and an interesting outlook in it's defense of Mather. While I don't agree with the defense, or the madness that overtook Salem because of his leadership, Upham's information, written from a distance, is worth the read. I wish more people spent some time reading about what happened, even this defense.

[Danielle Hatfield · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very insightful

[Caroline Shear · Rating 1 out of 5]

Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mathers by Charles Wentworth Upton

Book Blurb:
Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather is a classic American history text by Charles W. Upham. An article in The North American Review, for April, 1869, is mostly devoted to a notice of the work published by me, in 1867, entitled Salem Witchcraft, with an account of Salem Village, and a history of opinions on witchcraft and kindred subjects.

Book Review:
So I thought this book was going to be a factual account of the Salem witch trials, although there are some factual pieces in this book they are few and far between.

The book is very repetitive and keeps referencing the same documentation and references to previous publications, so much so that it makes it a bit dull, dry and extremely boring. In fact after the first four pages I had already lost interest and sped read the remainder of the book and it didn’t get any better.

There are some interesting tellings/stories written as it would’ve been during that period of time, which are clearly marked and don’t appear to be a part of the main body of work, but these are minimal. There are huge spelling and grammatical errors throughout the book which is documented in the introduction to forewarn the reader.

Overall it was very disappointing, However I do understand that this document is an important piece of history for scholars and the written word.

[Debie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dry

[Jennifer Tuck-Ihasz]

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