On Saturday, January 11, 2003, at 08:58 PM, Lester M Powers <lesterps@juno.com> wrote: > I bought a copy of Marion Starkey's "The Devil in Massachusetts" so > that I can brief myself on the story. The Starkey is really dated in many ways, by contemporary scholarly standards. She makes a lot of statements in it which can't be corroborated. Anyone wanting a good overview "telling of the tale" would be better served by Bernard Rosenthal's "Salem Story" and/or Mary Beth Norton's "In the Devil's Snare." btw, have many of you read the Norton yet? Just curious to hear other perspectives on it! :D Cheers, Margo Margo Burns, List Owner of the Salem-Witch List at rootsweb.com margo@ogram.org