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Index
Title Page
Copyright Page
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Plates
1. Aftermath
Salem: never again?
The witchcraft of others
Reporting witchcraft
Where to find witchcraft
A Five Points witch
2. Magic of a new land
Snakes and roots
Witch balls
What happened to the fairies?
They shoot witches don’t they?
3. The law
The squire
Fiasco in Fentress
Delaware witches beware
What’s in a name?
Dealing with slander German-style
Popular understanding
4. Witches
Three sorts of witch
Doing witchcraft: lizards, bags, and dolls
Witchcraft fantasies
Skin shedding and shape-shifting
The new witches
5. Dealing with witches
Pillow talk
Confronting the witch
The witch must die
Attacking from a distance
Warding off witchery
Written charms
Catholic armoury
Bringing in the experts
6. Dealing with witch believers
The other Salem witch trials
Alaska: of barbers and gunboats
The Pennsylvania problem
7. Insanity
Putting it to the test
Blame it on the roots
Paranoia in the heat
A danger to the public: incarcerating witch believers
8. Witch killings up close
Beard-stroking and friendly words: witchcraft in Sullivan County
Big trouble at Booger Hole
Solomon Hotema: Choctaw witch killer
9. Times A-changing
Reinventing witchcraft
Finding an American heritage
And so back to Salem
Endnotes
Further reading
Picture Acknowledgements
Index
Color Plates
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