title: The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England
author:  Carol F. Karlsen 
description: A remarkable achievement. The 'witches' come alive in this book, not as stereotypes, but as real women living in a society that suspected and feared their independence and combativeness.<br /> - <strong>Mary Beth Norton, Mary Donlon Alger Professor of American History, Cornell University</strong>
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