Before 1692, rumors of witchcraft were already spreading throughout Salem Village. Reverend Cotton Mather published several pamphlets in this area, and he wrote many about his belief in witchcraft. In ...

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It’s a striking book that traverses 50 years, from 1950 to 2000, spotlighting the bands and artists that struck a chord with young people and marking, in Dominique’s words “a pre-internet era of ...