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American Witches: A Broomstick Tour through Four Centuries by Susan Fair
informative
medium-paced
4.5
I wanted to listen to a niche audiobook while playing harvest moon, and I stumbled across American Witches on audible and decided to give it a chance!
American witches explores the history of witch persecution in America since the pilgrims landed on its shores. It covers hangings on Atlantic voyages, the Salem witch trials, to spititualism.
I thought this book was really interesting! It went into detail about how the treatment of "witches" has evolved over time. From fear and hatred, to paying them. From public court hearings, to public callouts in the papers.
I liked that the book covered the way the fear of witches impacted the local indigenous community. However I wasn't a fan that the book kept referring to them as "Indians", when it was published in 2016. By that point in time the term native American or indigenous was the known preferred term
As someone who has been to Salem MA a million times, it was really great to see more than just that witch hunt covered.
American witches explores the history of witch persecution in America since the pilgrims landed on its shores. It covers hangings on Atlantic voyages, the Salem witch trials, to spititualism.
I thought this book was really interesting! It went into detail about how the treatment of "witches" has evolved over time. From fear and hatred, to paying them. From public court hearings, to public callouts in the papers.
I liked that the book covered the way the fear of witches impacted the local indigenous community. However I wasn't a fan that the book kept referring to them as "Indians", when it was published in 2016. By that point in time the term native American or indigenous was the known preferred term
As someone who has been to Salem MA a million times, it was really great to see more than just that witch hunt covered.