A review by lisa_setepenre
In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692 by Mary Beth Norton

2.0

There's no doubt that In The Devil's Snare is an informative read or that Mary Beth Norton's hypothesis – that the frontier conflict between Indians and early American colonists fed into the situations that led to the Salem Witch Trials – is worthy of attention, but this just was a tedious read. Part of this is due to the sheer amount of primary sources quoted in the book which are hard to decipher, but part of this is just to down to Norton being able to maintain my interest. The book has been a chore to read and I was supremely glad to finish so I could move on to other, hopefully more enjoyable, reads.