An Evening with Emerson W. Baker
Date and Time
Wednesday Aug 2, 2017
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
Wednesday, August 2
7 pm
Location
Rockport Public Library
17 School Street
Rockport, MA 01966
Fees/Admission
Free and open to the public
Website
Description
Please join us for An Evening with Emerson W. Baker immediately following the Annual Meeting of the Friends of the Rockport Public Library. Baker will discuss his book A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience. "Of the many books about the Salem witch trials, only a few really matter. A Storm of Witchcraft is one of them." Malcolm Gaskill, University of East Anglia.
Baker is Professor of History at Salem State University. Featured as a consultant on the PBS miniseries Colonial Houses, he is an expert on the history and archeology of early New England.
A Storm of Wtichcraft will be available for sale and signing following the author's talk and a Q&A.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Rockport Public Library
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