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A season with the witch, the magic and mayhem of Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts, J.W. Ocker

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A season with the witch, the magic and mayhem of Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts, J.W. Ocker

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eng

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contains biographical information

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illustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A season with the witch

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951563326

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J.W. Ocker

Sub title

the magic and mayhem of Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts

Summary

"Despite its year-round eldritch spirit, Salem is a seasonal town--and its season happens to be Halloween. Every October, this small city of 40,000 swells to close to half a million as witches, goblins, ghouls, and ghosts (and their admirers) descend on Essex Street. For the fall of 2015, occult enthusiast J.W. Ocker moved his family of four to downtown Salem to experience firsthand a season with the witch, visiting all of its historical sites and macabre attractions. In between, he interviews its leaders and citizens, its entrepreneurs and visitors, its street performers and Wiccans, its psychics and critics. From these exchanges, he creates a picture of this unique place and the people who revel in, or merely weather, its witchiness."--Page [4] of cover

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Salem for a spell -- Welcome to Witch City -- On a witch hunt -- Witch way to the gallows -- Wax witches -- The art of selling Salem -- Witches vs. pirates -- Grave magistrates and judges not -- A walk on the weird side -- Fictitious witches -- The real witches of Essex County -- More than witches to fear in Salem -- That's Hawthorne, with a "w, " as in "witch" -- The "city" in Witch City -- Witch citizens -- H-day -- Epilogue: Salem after the spell

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Magic and mayhem of Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts

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