Elaine G Breslaw: 2 books
Tituba, Reluctant Witch of Salem
Devilish Indians and Puritan Fantasies
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1997
In this important book, Elaine Breslaw claims to have rediscovered Tituba, the elusive, mysterious, and often mythologized Indian woman accused of witchcraft in Salem in 1692 and immortalized in Arthur Miller's The Crucible.
Reconstructing the life of the slave woman at the center of the notorious...
Lotions, Potions, Pills, and Magic
Health Care in Early America
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Health in early America was generally good. The food was plentiful, the air and water were clean, and people tended to enjoy strong constitutions as a result of this environment. Practitioners of traditional forms of health care enjoyed high social status, and the cures they offered—from purging...