I'm not pimping the book but thought the second link is an interesting read.
Kind of what I found when I went to Salem in 97.
Neal
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From: Margo Burns <margo(a)ogram.org>
Date: Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Subject: [SALEM-WITCH] New Book: The Making of Salem, by Robin DeRosa
To: salem-witch(a)rootsweb.com
Hi all!
Not much traffic on the list lately, but I thought I'd alert folks to
a new book by Robin DeRosa (Plymouth State University) called "The
Making of Salem: The Witch Trials in History, Fiction and
Tourism" (McFarland, 2009).
http://www.amazon.com/Making-Salem-History-Fiction-Tourism/dp/0786439831/
For all of us who have wrestled with the tension between the
historical records, fictionalized re-tellings, and the kitschy tourist
traps, this is a very interesting read. This is a bit from near the
end of the book:
http://www.plymouth.edu/english/docs/Truth_and_Tourism_Paper.pdf
Cheers,
Margo