Witch Hunt in Wise County - The Persecution of Edith Maxwell

List of contents

Introduction
In The Land of the "Lonesome Pine"
The Death of Trigg Maxwell
Preparations, Publicity, and Prosecution
The Defense
Verdict and Reaction
Edith Tells Her Story
Challenging the Verdict
Preparing for the Second Trial
The Second Trial
Prison and Pardon
Postmortems
Sources
Index

About the author

GARY DEAN BEST is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Hawaii, Hilo. His previous books include Pride, Prejudice, and Politics (Praeger, 1990), FDR and the Bonus Marchers (Praeger, 1992), The Nickel and Dime Decade (Praeger, 1993), and The Retreat from Liberalism (Praeger, 2002).

Product details

• Authors: Gary Best, Gary D. Best
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.1994
• EAN: 9780275948924
• ISBN: 978-0-275-94892-4
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, American History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Wicca, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Sociology & anthropology, History of the Americas, Sociology and anthropology, Political oppression & persecution, Political oppression and persecution, Occult Studies