The Devil in Massachusetts, (Paperback)

from EmScape

Religion is dangerous. So are teenage girls. This seems to be the main theme of this book. Starkey has gathered myriad sources on the Salem Witch Trials and managed to put together a cohesive account which is neither dry nor dense. Though written in 1949, it is comprehensible to the modern reader...

from freddiefreddie

Starkey uses the now rather dated technique of Freudian analysis (which she cops to right in her title) to inspect the hysteria surrounding the Salem witch trials of 1692. Whether or not this was an appropriate way to study a sordid tale from Puritan times (I don't believe it was), I got the feel...

from LibraryCin

3.25 stars This book was originally published in 1949, and looks at the trials of the Salem witches in 1692. The book was pretty good. Unfortunately, it just didn't make me want to pick up the book and keep reading. There were times when it was just a little dry for me, even though I am intereste...

from sgerbic

Reviewed July 2006 I never really knew much about this subject but felt I should get some background also it appears to e a required book for SJSU in the colonial history class. I found this book to be very difficult to read not because of the writing style but more because it was extremely diffi...

from CarlaR

In all honesty, even though this book has some great facts about the early 1690's I have to say that it was hard to read. For some reason my mind kept wandering as I was reading it. There were also certain things about the witch trials (and which I believe were the main motivation of them) which ...