Judge Sewall's apology : the Salem witch trials and the forming of the American conscience /

Judge Sewall's apology : the Salem witch trials and the forming of the American conscience /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Francis, Richard.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : Fourth Estate, c2005.
Description:	xvii, 412 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Sewall, Samuel, -- 1652-1730. Sewall, Samuel, -- 1652-1730 -- Ethics. Sewall, Samuel, -- 1652-1730. Puritans -- Massachusetts -- Biography. Judges -- Massachusetts -- Biography. Merchants -- Massachusetts -- Biography. Trials (Witchcraft) -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- History -- 17th century. Ethics. Judges. Merchants. Puritans. Trials (Witchcraft) Massachusetts -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Salem (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Massachusetts. Massachusetts -- Salem. Biography. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5784325

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ISBN:	0007163622
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-395) and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
Introduction
Part 1. American Tragedy
Chapter 1. The Shaggy Dog
Chapter 2. "Our Hithertos of Mercy"
Chapter 3. The First American Tourist
Chapter 4. The Yellow Bird
Chapter 5. "Vae, Vae, Vae, Witchcraft"
Chapter 6. Oyer and Terminer
Chapter 7. The King and Queen of Hell
Chapter 8. Speaking Smartly about the Salem Witchcrafts
Chapter 9. Judge Sewall's Apology
Part 2. American Comedy
Chapter 10. American Pastoral
Chapter 11. The Selling of Joseph
Chapter 12. "Wigg'd and Powder'd with Pretence"
Chapter 13. "Impartial Light"
Chapter 14. "The Concomitant Rain-bow"
Chapter 15. "Wave after Wave, Wave after Wave"
Chapter 16. Putting to Sea in Wintertime
Chapter 17. "Rocqued Like a Cradle"
Notes
Bibliography
Index