Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft
- ISBN-10
- 0674785258
- ISBN-13
- 9780674785250
- Series
- Salem Possessed
- Category
- Witchcraft
- Pages
- 231
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1974
- Author
- Paul S. Boyer
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