Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Arcadia Publishing Inc., 2019
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Made available through hoopla
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781439668153 (electronic bk.) MWT12572260, 1439668159 (electronic bk.) 12572260
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
According to legend, Moll Dyer was chased from her burning home by a mob in St. Mary's County in the year 1697. Blaming difficulties from weather to sickness on witches was common in colonial times. Rebecca Fowler was tried as a witch in St. Mary's in 1685, and in 1674, John Cowman became the only man ever charged with witchcraft in Maryland. In Moll Dyer's case, locals took the law into their own hands. Was she just an ordinary woman blamed for problems beyond her control? Or was she a witch whose curse lingers on? Author Lynn Buonviri uses period records and local lore to discover the truth behind the legend of Moll Dyer and her curse
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