Ivan R. Dee
Pages: 220
Trim: 5½ x 7⅜
978-1-56663-309-3 • Paperback • August 2000 • $14.95 • (£11.99)
978-1-56663-339-0 • eBook • July 1999 • $13.99 • (£10.99)
Part 1 Preface xiii
Part 2 The Witch Craze in Seventeenth-century New England 3
Part 3 The Afflicted 9
Part 4 The Response 38
Part 5 Mental Illness and the Persecution of Witches 61
Part 6 The Forgotten Epidemic 76
Part 7 What Happened at Salem? 114
Part 8 Alternative Outcomes 147
Part 9 Could Encephalitis Lethargica Return? 157
Part 10 Afterword: Satanic Possession and Christian Beliefs 157
Part 11 Chronology 159
Part 12 Statistical Appendix 167
Part 13 Notes 171
Part 14 Bibliography 183
Part 15 Index 189
Carlson turns to tackle a phenomenon that has engrossed and frightened generations.
— Barbara Lloyd McMichael; The Seattle Times
A fascinating, refreshing reassessment of one of the most bizarre episodes in American history.
— The A-List
What an intriguing hypothesis!
— Laurie Garrett, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer; author of I Heard the Sirens Scream
This book will send historians and epidemiologists scurrying back to the drawing board.
— Katrina L. Kelner, Editor, Science Magazine
Ms. Carlson writes well, at times, even humorously.
— Phoebe-Lou Adams; Atlantic Monthly
Meticulously researched...marshals her arguments with clarity and persuasive force.
— John Banville; The New Yorker
Provocative, informative, and dramatic...packed with epidemiological evidence and studded with convincing figures and maps.
— Nan Sumner-Mack; Providence Journal
A medical mystery that will intrigue both the epidemiologist-historian detectives and the lay reader.
— Robert S. Desowitz, Professor of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina and author of Who Gave Pinta to the Santa Maria?
Was it sickness of the mind or of the body?